Alcohol effects on inhibitory control of attention: distinguishing between intentional and automatic mechanisms
| Autor: | Mark T. Fillmore, Lawrence R. Gottlob, Ben D. Abroms |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Adult
Male Time Factors Alcohol Drinking Administration Oral Poison control Alcohol Intention Inhibitory postsynaptic potential Developmental psychology chemistry.chemical_compound Task Performance and Analysis Inhibitory control Reaction Time Saccades Humans Visual attention Attention Selective attention Eye Movement Measurements Pharmacology Dose-Response Relationship Drug Ethanol Saccadic masking Inhibition Psychological chemistry Female Psychology Alcoholic Intoxication Neuroscience Moderate-Dose |
| Zdroj: | Psychopharmacology. 188:324-334 |
| ISSN: | 1432-2072 0033-3158 |
| Popis: | Recent research has begun to explore the possibility that inhibitory mechanisms of selective attention are particularly susceptible to the impairing effects of moderate doses of alcohol. However, literature also suggests that automatic processes might be more resistant to this impairing effect than controlled processes. The present study used a delayed ocular response task and a saccadic interference task to examine the effects of alcohol on both intentionally controlled and automatic inhibitory influences on selective attention. Twelve healthy adults performed both tasks under three doses of alcohol (0.0, 0.45, and 0.65 g/kg). The results showed that alcohol reduced intentional inhibitory control over selective attention but had no effect on automatic inhibitory influences. The present investigation marks the first effort to directly compare alcohol effects on automatic and intentional inhibitory mechanisms of visual attention. The results suggest that attentional processes dependent on intentional inhibitory control may be more susceptible to the impairing effects of a moderate dose of alcohol than processes dependent on automatic inhibition. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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