Abstract:Acute tolerance is a rapid decrease in the effect of alcohol relative to the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) occurring within the duration of a single dose of alcohol. It remains uncertain which cognitive domains are susceptible to acute tolerance, because findings vary between tasks used to measure the effect of alcohol. This study examined acute tolerance in subjective intoxication and in 2 cognitive domains: information processing, measured using the Inspection Time Task (ITT), and response inhibition, me… Show more
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