Electrophysiological Correlates of an Alcohol-Cued Go/NoGo Task: A Dual-Process Approach to Binge Drinking in University Students

Autores: Blanco-Ramos, J., Cadaveira, F., Folgueira-Ares, R., Corral, M., y Rodríguez Holguín, S.

Ano: 2019

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, 4550 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16224550

Palabra clave: alcohol consumption; binge drinking; adolescence; dual-process model; response inhibition; neurocognitive; event-related potentials; Go/NoGo

Binge drinking is a common pattern of alcohol consumption in adolescence and youth.
Neurocognitive dual-process models attribute substance use disorders and risk behaviours during
adolescence to an imbalance between an overactivated affective-automatic system (involved in
motivational and affective processing) and a reflective system (involved in cognitive inhibitory
control). The aim of the present study was to investigate at the electrophysiological level the degree
to which the motivational value of alcohol-related stimuli modulates the inhibition of a prepotent
response in binge drinkers. First-year university students (n = 151, 54 % females) classified as binge
drinkers (n = 71, ≥6 binge drinking episodes, defined as 5/7 standard drinks per occasion in the
last 180 days) and controls (n = 80,

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Current position Tenured Professor of Psychobiology at the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology of the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). Since 2025, coordinator of NECEA. Interests My main area of interest is the study of neurocognitive markers of risk to psychopathological conditions, assessed by means of brain electrical activity recording (EEG/ERP) during the […]

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Current position Professor of Psychobiology at the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology of the University of Santiago de Compostela. Interests: My research activity at the start of my career was centered on the neurofunctional effects of chronic alcohol consumption (1984-1990) and the identification of risk markers to alcoholism in children from families with high […]

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