Los estímulos contextuales visuales y auditivos impactan de manera diferenciada el control inhibitorio relacionado con el alcohol

Translated title of the contribution: Visual and auditory contextual cues differentially influence alcohol-related inhibitory control

Adam Qureshi*, Rebecca L Monk, Charlotte Pennington, Xiaoyun Li, Thomas Leatherbarrow, Jennifer R Oulton

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

Representing a more immersive testing environment, the current study exposed individuals to both alcohol-related visual and auditory cues to assess their respective impact on alcohol-related inhibitory control. It examined further whether individual variation in alcohol consumption and trait effortful control may predict inhibitory control performance. Method: Twenty-five U.K. university students (Mage = 23.08, SD = 8.26) completed an anti-saccade eye-tracking task and were instructed to look towards (pro) or directly away (anti) from alcohol-related and neutral visual stimuli. Short alcohol-related sound cues (bar audio) were played on 50% of trials and were compared with responses where no sounds were played. Results: Findings indicate that participants launched more incorrect saccades towards alcohol-related visual stimuli on anti-saccade trials, and responded quicker to alcohol on pro-saccade trials. Alcohol-related audio cues reduced latencies for both pro- and anti-saccade trials and reduced anti-saccade error rates to alcohol-related visual stimuli. Controlling for trait effortful control and problem alcohol consumption removed these effects. Conclusion: These findings suggest that alcohol-related visual cues may be associated with reduced inhibitory control, evidenced by increased errors and faster response latencies. The presentation of alcohol-related auditory cues, however, appears to enhance performance accuracy. It is postulated that auditory cues may re-contextualise visual stimuli into a more familiar setting that reduces their saliency and lessens their attentional pull.
Translated title of the contributionVisual and auditory contextual cues differentially influence alcohol-related inhibitory control
Original languageSpanish
Article number1091
Pages (from-to)7-18
Number of pages12
JournalAdicciones
Volume33
Issue number1
Early online date1 Nov 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Bibliographical note

© 2018 The Authors

Funding Information:
This research was supported by an Alcohol Research UK small grant (SG 14/15 203). The funders had no role other than financial support.

Keywords

  • Alcohol consumption
  • Anti-saccade
  • Context effects
  • Effortful control
  • Inhibitory control

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Visual and auditory contextual cues differentially influence alcohol-related inhibitory control'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this