@article{ref1,
title="Response inhibition under alcohol: effects of cognitive and motivational conflict",
journal="Journal of studies on alcohol",
year="2000",
author="Fillmore, M. T. and Vogel-Sprott, Muriel D.",
volume="61",
number="2",
pages="239-246",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This experiment tested the effect of cognitive and motivational conflict on response inhibition under alcohol. METHOD: Fifty-six male social drinkers were randomly assigned to one of eight groups (n = 8). Four pairs of groups received 0.62 g/kg of alcohol, or a placebo, and each pair performed a go/stop choice reaction time task under one of four conflict conditions. One condition (C) produced cognitive conflict by presenting &quot;go&quot; and &quot;stop&quot; signals in the task. Another condition (IR) added motivational conflict by administering an equal monetary reward for inhibiting responses to stop-signals, and for responding to go-signals. The remaining two conditions resolved the motivational conflict by administering the monetary reward only for inhibitions (I), or only for responses (R). RESULTS: Compared with placebo, alcohol reduced inhibitions (i.e., impaired inhibitory control) under cognitive conflict (C; p = .041) and under motivational conflict (IR; p = .012). No significant effect of alcohol on inhibitions was observed in conditions where conflict was resolved (i.e., I and R). Conclusions: The study shows that alcohol can reduce the ability to inhibit a response. However, impaired inhibitory control is not an inevitable outcome of the drug action, because it can be counteracted by the consequences of behavior in the situation.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0096-882X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}