Studies examining the neurophysiological consequences of binge drinking are revealing both early and global effects on cognition as evaluated using event-related activity (Maurage et al., 2012). One of the earliest studies of binge drinking on cognitive changes investigated ERPs in young adult Southwest California Indians with a history of binge drinking during adolescence (Ehlers et al., 2007). Using a facial discrimination task, they found that adolescent binge drinking was associated with lower P450 (like P3b) amplitude and a longer P350 (like P3a) latency, in those with family histories of ethanol dependence.
