SHAS consists of 13 items graded on a 39-point scale to evaluate alcohol effects [43]. Subjects then participated in two fMRI sessions, receiving in random order alcohol (the same dose as in the prior session) or placebo, entering the scanner 20 minutes later, and participating in the Hariri task at 70 minutes after drinking. Here, the subject and experimenters were blind to the beverage during alcohol and placebo sessions, which used the same beverage administration closed container [42] as in the non-fMRI prior session, with the beverage consumed orally over 10 minutes in a carbonated soda. For both conditions, the straw had a reservoir with 1 mL 95% alcohol that was the first liquid to reach the subject’s mouth.
