et al. 2000). Alcohol also lowers response inhibition in several other experimental procedures, such as the Geller–Seifter conflict test and the elevated plus-maze. An anticonflict effect in these models may reflect behavioral disinhibition, but it may also be related to a reduced salience of the aversive or anxiogenic stimulus properties through the anxiolytic or analgesic properties of ethanol, making interpretations complicated. However, across a variety of procedures, a pattern has emerged indicating that alcohol acutely reduces response inhibition.
