Abstract
RESULTS: Forty subjects with a mean (SD) age of 24.0 (7.4) years old participated in a naturalistic study to examine the alcohol hangover effects on cognitive performance. Subjects in the expectancy group were informed of the purpose of the study. In the control group subjects were told that the purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of time of day on cognitive performance. Subjects consumed a mean (SD) of 12.9 (10.0) alcoholic drinks the night before testing. Cognitive tests included the Stroop test, Eriksen's flanker test, a divided attention test, intra-extra dimensional set shifting test, spatial working memory test, and free word recall test. Expectancy effects did not differentially affect cognitive performance in the alcohol hangover state.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 730 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | BMC Research Notes |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 18 Oct 2018 |
Keywords
- Alcohol
- Blinding
- Expectancy
- Hangover
- adult
- adverse event
- alcoholic beverage
- anticipation
- article
- clinical article
- controlled study
- drug effect
- expectancy
- female
- hangover
- human
- male
- memory test
- mood
- night
- stress
- Stroop test
- word recognition
- working memory
- young adult
- alcohol