To date, most studies on the relationship between impulsivity and subjective response to alcohol have yielded non-significant or equivocal findings. These include non-significant results from studies involving self-report (Corbin et al. 2008—unpublished findings; Magrys et al. 2013; Rose and Grunsell 2008) and behavioral task measures of impulsivity (Schuckit et al. 2012). Other studies have reported difficult to interpret associations that were limited to particular measures, subgroups and/or timepoints/limbs of the blood alcohol curve. Among male and female non-dependent drinkers (mean age = 30), Nagoshi et al. (1991) reported a significant association between self-reported impulsivity and enhanced sedative response, but only among males on the descending limb of the blood alcohol curve. Among male and female social drinkers (mean age = 26) Shannon et al. (2011) reported significant, inverse relationships between impulsive performance on a go/stop behavioral task and arousal reported at a timepoint on the ascending limb and stimulation reported at a timepoint on the descending limb. No significant relationships were found involving self-reported impulsivity. In addition, Yip et al. (2012) reported diminished subjective intoxication among young males with histories
