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Craving and cognitive biases for alcohol cues in social drinkers.
- Source :
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Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) [Alcohol Alcohol] 2005 Nov-Dec; Vol. 40 (6), pp. 504-10. Date of Electronic Publication: 2005 Sep 12. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Aims: To assess whether cognitive biases for drug-related cues are associated with subjective craving and behavioural indices of drug-seeking behaviour, as predicted by incentive models of addiction.<br />Methods: Fifty social drinkers took part in a laboratory study in which their subjective craving and cognitive biases for alcohol cues were assessed, before they completed a progressive ratio operant task for alcohol (beer) reinforcement.<br />Results: Social drinkers with high levels of alcohol craving at the beginning of the experiment had more pronounced attentional, approach, and evaluative biases for alcohol cues, compared with those with low craving. There were also trends for the high craving group to show greater operant responding for beer reinforcement, but the latter findings were inconclusive, and no evidence was found of associations between the operant responding and cognitive bias measures.<br />Conclusions: The finding of a relationship between subjective craving and cognitive biases for alcohol cues is consistent with incentive models of addiction. Methodological factors may have obscured the predicted relationships between cognitive bias and operant performance, such as the use of a specific reinforcer (beer) during the operant task, while a range of alcohol-related cues were used in the cognitive bias tasks.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Beer
Conditioning, Operant drug effects
Female
Humans
Male
Orientation drug effects
Pattern Recognition, Visual drug effects
Reaction Time drug effects
Reinforcement Schedule
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome diagnosis
Alcohol Drinking psychology
Attention
Cues
Ethanol adverse effects
Motivation
Social Facilitation
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0735-0414
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16157608
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agh213