All analyses were performed using SPSS (SPSS Inc., 2004). Repeated Measures ANOVA was used for the primary analysis. Group and subject gender were the between subject factors, with experimental condition and face gender as the repeated factors. For the electrophysiological data, analyses were conducted for four dependent variables (i.e. P160 and P300 amplitude and latency). To determine whether P300 latency effects were a consequence of effects on P160 latency, the latency difference between both components was analyzed. Effect sizes were computed as partial eta squared (ηp2), which is calculated as the proportion of variance of the dependent variable independently accounted for by the variable under examination. Spearman’s correlations were calculated within each group between lifetime drinking history variables, family history density of alcohol problems and the dependent variables.
