Acute alcohol does not impair attentional inhibition as measured with Stroop interference scores but impairs Stroop performance.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Inhibition is a core executive function and refers to the ability to deliberately suppress attention, behavior, thoughts, and/or emotions and instead act in a specific manner. While acute alcohol exposure has been shown to impair response inhibition in the stop-signal and Go/NoGo tasks, reported alcohol effects on attentional inhibition in the Stroop task are inconsistent. Notably, studies have operationalized attentional inhibition variably and there has been intra- and inter-individual variability in alcohol exposure.

Objective

This study aimed to examine the acute effects of alcohol on attentional inhibition, considering previous limitations.

Methods

In a single-blind, cross-over design, 40 non-dependent participants with a medium-to-high risk drinking be

SUBMITTER: Riedel P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8139883 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature