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Tuesday, October 2, 2007

The Influence of Alcohol on Basic Motoric and Cognitive Disinhibition
Alcohol and Alcoholism Advance Access published online on September 18, 2007



It has been proposed that alcohol weakens control processes, which in turn supports the occurrence of disinhibited behaviours.

Two studies were run, in parallel (both with 32 participants) using a between-subject design to investigate any disinhibiting effects of a moderate dose of alcohol (0.6 g/kg compared to placebo), previously found to trigger increased desire for alcohol.

The data suggest that a moderate dose of alcohol, which induces priming to want more alcohol, had disinhibiting effects both on a basic motoric and a cognitive inhibitory task.

Thus the idea that priming may be mediated by the disinhibitory effects of alcohol is supported.

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