2008) and emotional Stroop task (Qiao et al., 2015). The right dorsal prefrontal cortex demonstrated less BOLD activity in adolescents with a family history of alcoholism than those without during risky versus safe selection in a Wheel of Fortune task (Cservenka and Nagel, 2012). In support of these studies, our results delineated a specific link between the prefrontal cortical activity, response inhibition, and drinking problems.