Citation

Bond A, Lader M. Alcohol Alcohol. 1991; 26(1): 61-69.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London, U.K.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Oxford University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1854374

Abstract

Alcohol in two doses (0.75g/kg and 0.25/kg) and a placebo were administered to three matched groups of subjects. Subjective ratings and breath alcohol levels were completed pre-intake and at 30 min intervals up to 2 hr after intake. At 1 hr post-intake, the subjects took part in a competitive task with increasing rewards during which cardiac and electrodermal activity were monitored. Alcohol had very little effect. It did not affect the level of reward administered nor the physiological parameters measured. The only mood effect was sedation. There was no evidence of tension reduction or response disinhibition.

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