Enhanced conditioned "liking" of novel visual cues paired with alcohol or non-alcohol beverage container images among individuals at higher risk for alcohol use disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale/objective

This study used an evaluative conditioning (EC) procedure to assess the affective properties of a CS for ingested drug reward in humans. Specifically, the study tested whether the evaluative response ("liking"/"disliking") to an arbitrary visual stimulus ("CS₂," e.g., a purple hexagon) could be changed through pairings with an alcohol or non-alcohol beverage cue ("CS₁," e.g., a full wine glass, a juice box), which is ostensibly a conditioned visual predictive stimulus for alcohol or non-alcohol liquid reward, respectively.

Methods

Participants (N = 369, 18-23 years, 66% female, 79% white, 21% reporting no alcohol use ever or in the past year) received 24 CS₁ pairings with each CS₂. CS₂ and CS₁

SUBMITTER: Cofresi RU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9464611 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature