Where's the wine? Heavy social drinkers show attentional bias towards alcohol in a visual conjunction search task.

Charlotte R PenningtonDaniel J ShawJennifer AdamsPhoebe KavanaghHolly ReedMadeleine RobinsonEmily ShaveHollie White

Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2020)

The visual conjunction search task appears to be a highly reliable method for assessing alcohol-related attentional bias, and shows that heavy social drinkers prioritize alcoholic cues in their immediate environment.

Keyphrases

alcohol consumption
working memory
healthcare
mental health
liver injury
drug induced