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The effect of drink familiarity on tolerance to alcohol

The effect of drink familiarity on tolerance to alcohol
The effect of drink familiarity on tolerance to alcohol
Cues associated with familiar alcoholic drinks such as beer may, through repeated association with the unconditioned stimulus properties of alcohol, acquire the status of classically conditioned stimuli. It has been proposed that such drug-related conditioned stimuli mediate drug tolerance. Thus, the aim of the present experiment was to test this proposition on cognitive, subjective, and psychophysiological indicators of alcohol tolerance using human subjects. Two groups of subjects received alcohol in the form of a familiar drink (beer) or an unfamiliar drink (blue peppermint mixture). Both drinks contained the same dose of alcohol and were consumed at the same rate. Although conditioned heart rate and skin conductance responses occurring while subjects looked at and tasted the test drinks were weak, there were strong indicators of conditioned tolerance on the performance measures following consumption. Subjects who consumed the unfamiliar drink were significantly poorer on cognitive and motor tasks, and they rated themselves more intoxicated than did those who consumed the familiar drink
45-53
Remington, Bob
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Roberts, Patrick
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Glautier, Steven
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Remington, Bob
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Roberts, Patrick
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Glautier, Steven
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Remington, Bob, Roberts, Patrick and Glautier, Steven (1997) The effect of drink familiarity on tolerance to alcohol. Addictive Behaviors, 22 (1), 45-53. (doi:10.1016/S0306-4603(96)00003-2).

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Abstract

Cues associated with familiar alcoholic drinks such as beer may, through repeated association with the unconditioned stimulus properties of alcohol, acquire the status of classically conditioned stimuli. It has been proposed that such drug-related conditioned stimuli mediate drug tolerance. Thus, the aim of the present experiment was to test this proposition on cognitive, subjective, and psychophysiological indicators of alcohol tolerance using human subjects. Two groups of subjects received alcohol in the form of a familiar drink (beer) or an unfamiliar drink (blue peppermint mixture). Both drinks contained the same dose of alcohol and were consumed at the same rate. Although conditioned heart rate and skin conductance responses occurring while subjects looked at and tasted the test drinks were weak, there were strong indicators of conditioned tolerance on the performance measures following consumption. Subjects who consumed the unfamiliar drink were significantly poorer on cognitive and motor tasks, and they rated themselves more intoxicated than did those who consumed the familiar drink

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Published date: 1997

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Local EPrints ID: 18533
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/18533
PURE UUID: 0e5f1f14-b8fd-4731-a66e-3454548a283c
ORCID for Steven Glautier: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8852-3268

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Date deposited: 09 Dec 2005
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:59

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Author: Bob Remington
Author: Patrick Roberts
Author: Steven Glautier ORCID iD

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