Alcoholics and children at risk for developing alcoholism manifest reduced event-related theta power during cognitive tasks [26], [27], [28]. Furthermore, both event-related theta power and alcohol dependence have been linked to the same alleles in genes coding for neurotransmitter receptors [29]. Given this converging evidence, the scarcity of studies exploring effects of acute intoxication on event-related theta power is notable. In a study of auditory memory, Krause and colleagues [30] showed that event-related fm-theta is attenuated by a moderate alcohol dose.
