Effects of Alcohol on Rotary Pursuit Performance: A Gender Comparison

Dougherty, Donald M.; Bjork, James M.; Bennett, Richard

doi:10.1007/bf03395280

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“…One study even suggests that, while men develop tolerance to the motor effects of alcohol, women become sensitized to these effects over time (Dougherty et al, 1998). These findings are not surprising given that women achieve higher blood alcohol levels than men with similar doses, and develop alcohol-related physical illnesses at lower alcohol exposure levels than men (see Glenn (1993), Nixon (1994) and Nolen-Hoeksema (2004) for reviews of alcohol effects in women).…”

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confidence: 88%

An inverse relationship between typical alcohol consumption and facial symmetry detection ability in young women

Oinonen

Sterniczuk

2007

J Psychopharmacol

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The relationship between monthly alcohol consumption over the past 6 months and facial symmetry perception ability was examined in young sober women with typical college-age drinking patterns. Facial symmetry detection performance was inversely related to typical monthly alcohol consumption, r (41) = -0.57, p < 0.001. Other variables that were predictive of facial symmetry detection included alcohol-related hangover and blackout frequency over the past 6 months, number of alcoholic drinks over the past week, early adolescent alcohol consumption and frequency of drug use. The relationship between alcohol use and symmetry detection could not be explained by individual differences in personality, family alcoholism history or other drug use. These findings suggest the possibility of a neurotoxic effect of alcohol on facial symmetry perception ability in female undergraduate students. As similar results did not emerge for a test of dot symmetry detection, the findings appear specific to facial symmetry. No previous studies have examined the effect of alcohol history on symmetry detection. The findings add to a growing literature indicating negative visuospatial effects of early alcohol use, and suggest the importance of further research examining alcohol and drug effects on sober facial perception in non-alcoholic populations.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 88%

An inverse relationship between typical alcohol consumption and facial symmetry detection ability in young women

Oinonen

Sterniczuk

2007

J Psychopharmacol

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“…Adult women appear to suffer more from the negative motor and cognitive deficits resulting from drinking in comparison to men (Nixon, 1994). Dougherty, Bjork, and Bennett (1998) conducted a study in which male and female participants consumed either three placebo or alcoholic beverages on six consecutive days. After ingestion, participants performed a rotary pursuit task.…”

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confidence: 99%

Gender differences in factors influencing alcohol use and drinking progression among adolescents

Schulte

Ramo

Brown

2009

Clinical Psychology Review

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While prevalence rates for alcohol use and related disorders differ widely between adult men and women, male and female adolescents do not exhibit the same disparity in alcohol consumption. Previous research and reviews do not address the emergence of differences in drinking patterns that occur during late adolescence. Therefore, a developmental perspective is presented for understanding how various risk and protective factors associated with problematic drinking affect diverging alcohol trajectories as youth move into young adulthood. This review examines factors associated with risk for developing an alcohol use disorder in adolescent girls and boys separately. Findings indicate that certain biological (i.e., genetic risk, neurological abnormalities associated with P300 amplitudes) and psychosocial (i.e., impact of positive drinking expectancies, personality characteristics, and deviance proneness) factors appear to impact boys and girls similarly. In contrast, physiological and social changes particular to adolescence appear to differentially affect boys and girls as they transition into adulthood. Specifically, boys begin to manifest a constellation of factors that place them at greater risk for disruptive drinking: low response to alcohol, later maturation in brain structures and executive function, greater estimates of perceived peer alcohol use, and socialization into traditional gender roles. On an individual level, interventions which challenge media-driven stereotypes of gender roles while simultaneously reinforcing personal values are suggested as a way to strengthen adolescent autonomy in terms of healthy drinking decisions. Moreover, parents and schools must improve consistency in rules and consequences regarding teen drinking across gender to avoid mixed messages about acceptable alcohol use for boys and girls.

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“…This procedure reflects "real world" alcohol consumption more accurately than does delivery of a single (typically large) bolus dose of alcohol and allows for examination of performance with increasing BrACs in a single day (Dougherty et al, 1998a(Dougherty et al, , 1999a. Each alcohol dose contained 0.20 g of 95% alcohol/kg of body weight (with adjustments for the specific gravity of alcohol).…”

Section: Alcohol Administrationmentioning

confidence: 99%