Parental alcoholism and the effects of alcohol on mediated semantic priming.
- Authors
- Sayette, M A; Martin, C S; Perrott, M A; Wertz, J M
- Year
- 2001
- Journal
- Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology
- PMID
- 11764017
In this study, researchers tested the effects of a moderate dose of alcohol on the spread of activation of associated information in memory using a mediated semantic priming task in which target words are preceded by primes that are either unrelated or indirectly related to the target. Male and female participants with or without a parental history (PH+ and PH-, respectively) of alcoholism were administered the priming task after consuming alcohol or a placebo beverage. Among PH- individuals, alcohol constrained the spread of activation of associated information, as manifested by a reduced priming effect. In contrast, alcohol enhanced priming effects among PH+ participants, though this latter effect appears to be due to a particularly slow response among these individuals to unprimed words. Results are discussed with regard to theories of alcohol's effects on cognitive processes.
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