The Effects of Alcohol Hangover on Response Inhibition and Attentional Bias towards Alcohol-Related Stimuli

Alcohol hangover is associated with the development of alcohol use disorders, yet few studies have examined the influence of hangover on cognitive processes that may contribute towards future alcohol consumption such as response inhibition and attentional bias towards alcohol-related stimuli. Therefore, the current study aimed to explore the effects of hangover on these processes. In total, 37 adult drinkers who reported regularly engaging in heavy episodic drinking and experiencing a hangover at least once in the previous month took part in this within-subjects, “naturalistic” crossover study. Participants completed Go/No-Go (assessing response inhibition) and Visual Dot Probe (attentional bias) tasks in a hangover condition (morning following alcohol consumption) and a no-hangover condition (no alcohol consumption for at least 24 h). Participants also completed measures of hangover severity, mood, and perceived mental effort. Results indicated impaired response inhibition during hangover compared to the no-hangover condition (p < 0.001, d = 0.89), but no difference in attentional bias scores between conditions. Participants reported expending greater mental effort to complete tasks (p < 0.001, d = 1.65), decreased alertness (p < 0.001, d = 3.19), and reduced feelings of tranquillity (p < 0.001, d = 1.49) in the hangover versus no-hangover condition. Together, these findings suggest that alcohol hangover is associated with impaired response inhibition and lower mood. However, problems with recording eye-tracking data on the Visual Dot Probe task used in the present study may limit the reliability of our attentional bias findings.

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The Influence of Alcohol Ingestion on Cognitive Response Inhibition and Error Processing

Journal of Psychophysiology ◽

10.1027/0269-8803/a000039 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 253-258 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Xavier Noël ◽

Claude Tomberg ◽

Paul Verbanck ◽

Salvatore Campanella

Keyword(s):

Individual Differences ◽

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Cognitive Processes ◽

Response Inhibition ◽

Executive Control ◽

Alcohol Ingestion ◽

Error Processing ◽

Cognitive Response ◽

Prepotent Response ◽

Behavior And Cognition

Alcohol consumption has been known to affect behavior and cognition. In this paper, we review evidence for the idea that alcohol disrupts two important cognitive processes critical to flexible interaction with a changing environment: the individual’s ability to successfully and intentionally inhibit or suppress a prepotent response, and to detect the occurrence of an error. In compromising an individual’s ability to withhold a prepotent response and in attenuating the brain’s capacity to detect action slips, the consumption of alcohol may also prevent the mobilization of further flexible executive control in response to environmental prompts (e.g., to stop drinking when intending to drive a car). Individual differences in these cognitive processes prior to or following the ingestion of alcohol are also discussed.

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Time Course of Attentional Bias for Emotional Faces. Evidence From Inhibition of Return in the Dot-Probe Paradigm

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e512682013-260 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Dariusz Asanowicz

Keyword(s):

Attentional Bias ◽

Time Course ◽

Inhibition Of Return ◽

Dot Probe ◽

Emotional Faces

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Beyond attentional bias: A perceptual bias in a dot-probe task.

Emotion ◽

10.1037/a0028415 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 12 (6) ◽

pp. 1362-1366 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Bruno R. Bocanegra ◽

Jorg Huijding ◽

René Zeelenberg

Keyword(s):

Attentional Bias ◽

Perceptual Bias ◽

Dot Probe ◽

Probe Task

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AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY ON SELECTED RISK FACTORS OF STROKE AMONG ADULTS LIVING IN A SLUM OF KOLKATA.

10.36106/ijsr/5300467 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 8-11

Author(s):

Tanushree Mondal ◽

V. Abhinesh ◽

Soumitra Mondal ◽

Shibasish Banerjee ◽

Debasis Das

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Public Health Intervention ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

Blood Cholesterol ◽

Moderate Intensity ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Permanent Disability ◽

Study Participants

Introduction: Stroke is a major cause of permanent disability. Currently, the burden of stroke in terms of mortality, morbidity and disability is increasing across the world including India. The main risk factor of stroke are high blood pressure, tobacco smoking, obesity, high blood cholesterol and diabetes mellitus. Lifestyle factors that increase the risk of stroke include smoking, drinking alcohol, high fat diet. Objective: To identify the socio demographic prole of study population and to nd out the proportion of selected risk factors of stroke among the study subjects and to assess different risk factors among them. Methodology:An observational descriptive cross sectional study was undertaken in urban eld practice area of a teaching institute of Kolkata. By 2 using the formula 4pq/l , total 200 participants were selected by simple random sampling and they were interviewed during house to house visit with WHO STEPS questionnaire for Non Communicable Diseases (NCD). Results: The mean age of the participants was 42.39 years and 33.5% participants were overweight with high BMI. Only 26 % participants were hypertensive and most of them (57.69%) had duration of hypertension more than 1 year. Majority (72.03%) did not have diabetes mellitus. Most (61%) of study participants had done moderate intensity physical activity regularly. Almost 25.5% study participants consume tobacco products and Most of the study 92.8% participants consumed alcohol 1-4 times in past 30 days. Signicant association were seen between gender and smoking (p=0.005), Gender and alcohol consumption (p=0.000), Religion and alcohol consumption (p=0.03), Occupation category and alcohol consumption (p=0.002), Marital status and hypertension (p=0.001). Conclusion: Effective public health intervention required promote regular exercise and healthy eating, avoiding alcohol and tobacco. Periodic screening for hypertension and diabetes and early diagnosis and treatment are key strategy for stroke prevention.

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Alcohol consumption and cardiorespiratory fitness in five population-based studies

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology ◽

10.1177/2047487317738594 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 164-172 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Sebastian E Baumeister ◽

Jonas D Finger ◽

Sven Gläser ◽

Marcus Dörr ◽

Marcello RP Markus ◽

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Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Oxygen Uptake ◽

Cardiorespiratory Fitness ◽

Polynomial Regression ◽

Population Based ◽

Peak Oxygen Uptake ◽

Heavy Episodic Drinking ◽

P Value ◽

Independent Population ◽

Average Alcohol

Background Poor cardiorespiratory fitness is a risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity. Alcohol consumption contributes substantially to the burden of disease, but its association with cardiorespiratory fitness is not well described. We examined associations between average alcohol consumption, heavy episodic drinking and cardiorespiratory fitness. Design The design of this study was as a cross-sectional population-based random sample. Methods We analysed data from five independent population-based studies (Study of Health in Pomerania (2008–2012); German Health Interview and Examination Survey (2008–2011); US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999–2000; NHANES 2001–2002; NHANES 2003–2004) including 7358 men and women aged 20–85 years, free of lung disease or asthma. Cardiorespiratory fitness, quantified by peak oxygen uptake, was assessed using exercise testing. Information regarding average alcohol consumption (ethanol in grams per day (g/d)) and heavy episodic drinking (5+ or 6+ drinks/occasion) was obtained from self-reports. Fractional polynomial regression models were used to determine the best-fitting dose-response relationship. Results Average alcohol consumption displayed an inverted U-type relation with peak oxygen uptake ( p-value<0.0001), after adjustment for age, sex, education, smoking and physical activity. Compared to individuals consuming 10 g/d (moderate consumption), current abstainers and individuals consuming 50 and 60 g/d had significantly lower peak oxygen uptake values (ml/kg/min) (β coefficients = −1.90, β = −0.06, β = −0.31, respectively). Heavy episodic drinking was not associated with peak oxygen uptake. Conclusions Across multiple adult population-based samples, moderate drinkers displayed better fitness than current abstainers and individuals with higher average alcohol consumption.

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Total sleep time, alcohol consumption, and the duration and severity of alcohol hangover

Nature and Science of Sleep ◽

10.2147/nss.s136467 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol Volume 9 ◽

pp. 181-186 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Marith van Schrojenstein Lantman ◽

Marlou Mackus ◽

Thomas Roth ◽

Joris Verster

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Total Sleep Time ◽

Sleep Time ◽

Alcohol Hangover

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Attentional bias and response inhibition in obese individuals: A systematic review

Obesity Research & Clinical Practice ◽

10.1016/j.orcp.2013.12.672 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. e95

Author(s):

Renee Cachia ◽

Joshua Hendrikse ◽

Melissa Hayden

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Attentional Bias ◽

Response Inhibition

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Alcohol Hangover Slightly Impairs Response Selection but not Response Inhibition

Journal of Clinical Medicine ◽

10.3390/jcm8091317 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (9) ◽

pp. 1317 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Antje Opitz ◽

Jan Hubert ◽

Christian Beste ◽

Ann-Kathrin Stock

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Control ◽

Response Inhibition ◽

Response Selection ◽

Current Knowledge ◽

Alcohol Intoxication ◽

Heavy Drinking ◽

High Dose ◽

Automatic Response ◽

Alcoholic Drinks ◽

Alcohol Hangover

Alcohol hangover commonly occurs after an episode of heavy drinking. It has previously been demonstrated that acute high-dose alcohol intoxication reduces cognitive control, while automatic processes remain comparatively unaffected. However, it has remained unclear whether alcohol hangover, as a consequence of binge drinking, modulates the interplay between cognitive control and automaticity in a comparable way. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of alcohol hangover on controlled versus automatic response selection and inhibition. N = 34 healthy young men completed a Simon Nogo task, once sober and once hungover. Hangover symptoms were experimentally induced by a standardized administration of alcoholic drinks (with high congener content) on the night before the hangover appointment. We found no significant hangover effects, which suggests that alcohol hangover did not produce the same functional deficits as an acute high-dose intoxication. Yet still, add-on Bayesian analyses revealed that hangover slightly impaired response selection, but not response inhibition. This pattern of effects cannot be explained with the current knowledge on how ethanol and its metabolite acetaldehyde may modulate response selection and inhibition via the dopaminergic or GABAergic system.

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Is Alcohol Consumption Associated with Poor Perceived Academic Performance? Survey of Undergraduates in Finland

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17041369 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 1369 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Walid El Ansari ◽

Abdul Salam ◽

Sakari Suominen

Keyword(s):

Logistic Regression ◽

Academic Performance ◽

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Alcohol Dependence ◽

Parental Education ◽

Problem Drinking ◽

Heavy Episodic Drinking ◽

Sociodemographic Characteristics ◽

Living Situation ◽

Alcohol Behaviors

The relationship between academic performance and alcohol consumption among students remains inconsistent. We assessed this relationship, controlling for sociodemographic characteristics across seven faculties at the University of Turku (1177 undergraduates). An online questionnaire assessed: seven sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, year/discipline of study, accommodation type, being in intimate relationship, parental education, and income sufficiency); two perceived academic performance (students’ subjective importance of achieving good grades and students’ appraisal of their academic performance compared to peers); and six alcohol consumption behaviors (length of time, amount consumed, frequency, heavy episodic drinking, problem drinking, and possible alcohol dependence). Simple logistic regression assessed relationships between sociodemographic and academic variables with alcohol consumption behaviors; multiple logistic regression assessed the same relationships after controlling for all other variables. Students reported long duration and large amount of drinking (46% and 50%), high frequency of drinking (41%), heavy episodic drinking (66%), problem drinking (29%), and possible alcohol dependence (9%). After controlling, gender was associated with all alcohol consumption behaviors, followed by religiosity (associated with four alcohol behaviors), living situation, marital status, age (each associated with two alcohol behaviors), and parental education and year of study (each associated with one alcohol behavior). Study discipline, income sufficiency, importance of achieving good grades, and academic performance compared to peers were not associated with any alcohol behaviors. Universities need to assess problem drinking and alcohol use disorders among students. Prevention strategies are required to reduce risk. Health promotion efforts could focus on beliefs and expectations about alcohol and target student groups at risk for more efficient and successful efforts.

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