Effects of Moderate and High Doses of Alcohol on Attention, Impulsivity, Discriminability, and Response Bias in Immediate and Delayed Memory Task Performance

Dougherty, Donald M.; Marsh, Dawn M.; Moeller, F. Gerard; Chokshi, Reena V.; Rosen, Valerie C.

doi:10.1111/j.1530-0277.2000.tb01972.x

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“…The observed impact of drinking on impulsivity may be reflective of the effect of rash behavior occurring while intoxicated on an individual's subsequent ratings of his or her typical personality. This would be consistent with the findings of previous studies where, when administered alcohol, social drinkers tended to behave impulsively on subsequent laboratory tasks (Dougherty et al, 2000(Dougherty et al, , 2008, and research indicating that heavy drinkers demonstrate an increase in impulsive behavior following a high dose of alcohol that light drinkers do not (Reed et al, 2012). Considering specifically the bidirectional relation of alcohol use and urgency, individuals high in the trait may find that, because of peer acceptance of heavy drinking, consuming alcohol is an acceptable way to act out while experiencing strong affect, and intoxication may in turn contribute to increases in intense emotion and impulsive behavior.…”

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Impulsive Personality and Alcohol Use: Bidirectional Relations Over One Year

Kaiser

Bonsu

Charnigo

et al. 2016

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: Impulsive personality traits have been found to be robust predictors of substance use and problems in both cross-sectional and longitudinal research. Studies examining the relations of substance use and impulsive personality over time indicate a bidirectional relation, where substance use is also predictive of increases in later impulsive personality. The present study sought to build on these findings by examining the bidirectional relations among the different impulsive personality traits assessed by the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale, with an interest in urgency (the tendency to act rashly when experiencing strong affect). Method: Participants were 525 first-year college students (48.0% male, 81.1% White), who completed self-report measures assessing personality traits and a structured interview assessing past and current substance use. Data collection took place at two different time points: the first occurred during the participants' first year of college, and the second occurred approximately 1 year later. Bidirectional relations were examined using structural equation modeling. Results: Time 1 (T1) positive urgency predicted higher levels of alcohol use at Time 2 (T2), whereas T1 lack of perseverance predicted lower levels of alcohol use at T2. T1 alcohol use predicted higher levels of positive urgency, negative urgency, sensation seeking, and lack of premeditation at T2. Conclusions: Findings provide greater resolution in characterizing the bidirectional relation between impulsive personality traits and substance use. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 77, 473-482, 2016)

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confidence: 92%

Impulsive Personality and Alcohol Use: Bidirectional Relations Over One Year

Kaiser

Bonsu

Charnigo

et al. 2016

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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“…It is possible that the variation in results is due to experimental methodologies; however, it is also possible that alcohol affects various cognitive functions differently. While the present research focused on the effects of alcohol on a memory and recall task, how alcohol precisely impacted the various functions [14] required to acquire and store information such as stimulus detection, perception or encoding remains unknown and is hence an area for future research.…”

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“…This index is based on a widely used and accepted substance -alcohol, where its effect on cognition and human performance is widely documented. [13][14][15][16][17][18] However, the effect of alcohol on performance is not always in a dose dependent relationship. For example, Moskowitz and Depry [33] found that while alcohol degraded performance in a divided attention task, it failed to negatively impact performance on a vigilance task.…”

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Using the effect of alcohol as a comparison to illustrate the detrimental effects of noise on performance

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The aim of the present research is to provide a user-friendly index of the relative impairment associated with noise in the aircraft cabin. As such, the relative effect of noise, at a level typical of an aircraft cabin was compared with varying levels of alcohol intoxication in the same subjects. Since the detrimental effect of noise is more pronounced on non-native speakers, both native English and non-native English speakers featured in the study. Noise cancelling headphones were also tested as a simple countermeasure to mitigate the effect of noise on performance. A total of 32 participants, half of which were non-native English speakers, completed a cued recall task in two alcohol conditions (blood alcohol concentration 0.05 and 0.10) and two audio conditions (audio played through the speaker and noise cancelling headphones). The results revealed that aircraft noise at 65 dB (A) negatively affected performance to a level comparable to alcohol intoxication of 0.10. The results also supported previous research that reflects positively on the benefits of noise cancelling headphones in reducing the effects of noise on performance especially for non-native English speakers. These findings provide for personnel involved in the aviation industry, a user-friendly index of the relative impairment associated with noise in the aircraft cabin as compared with the effects of alcohol. They also highlight the benefits of a simple countermeasure such as noise cancelling headphones in mitigating some of the detrimental effects of noise on performance.

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“…Impulsivity was assessed by The Immediate and Delayed Memory Task (IMT/DMT 2.0) (Dougherty & Marsh, 2003; Dougherty, Marsh, & Mathias, 2002; Dougherty, Marsh, Moeller, Chokshi, & Rosen, 2000) . The IMT/DMT has demonstrated validity as a measure of impulsivity for individuals with psychiatric disorders.…”

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Gender moderates the relationship between impulsivity and sexual risk-taking in a cocaine-using psychiatric outpatient population

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McMahon

Potenza

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Personality and Individual Differences

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Adults who abuse substances are at increased risk for contracting sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. Within this population, sexual risk behaviors have been associated with increased impulsivity. Studies in non-clinical populations showing gender-related differences in sexual decision-making and casual sexual partnering suggest impulsivity has a greater influence on men than women, but these differences have not been documented in substance-using patients. In a sample of 89 adults with recent cocaine use and receiving outpatient psychiatric treatment, we tested the hypothesis that gender moderates the effect of impulsivity on sexual risk-taking. Using logistic regression modeling, we tested the main and gender-moderated effects of task-related impulsivity on the probability of having a casual sexual partner and multiple sexual partners. Results confirmed a significant gender-by-impulsivity interaction; men who were more impulsive on a continuous performance task had significantly higher rates of sexual risk-taking than less impulsive men, but women's impulsivity was unrelated to these outcomes. Impulsive men were over three times as likely as less impulsive men to have a recent casual partner. Implications of these results and suggestions for future research are discussed.

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Effects of Moderate and High Doses of Alcohol on Attention, Impulsivity, Discriminability, and Response Bias in Immediate and Delayed Memory Task Performance

Abstract: These results clearly demonstrated a time-course effect of the 1.0 g/kg alcohol dose on attention, impulsivity, discrimination, and response criteria when a variety of dependent measures are used.

Cited by 103 publications

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Impulsive Personality and Alcohol Use: Bidirectional Relations Over One Year

Impulsive Personality and Alcohol Use: Bidirectional Relations Over One Year

Using the effect of alcohol as a comparison to illustrate the detrimental effects of noise on performance

Gender moderates the relationship between impulsivity and sexual risk-taking in a cocaine-using psychiatric outpatient population

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