“…It has been assumed that hazardous drinking can be considered a precursor stage to developing an AUD, and therefore that many of the impairments observed at the dependent stage would be seen in hazardous drinkers, albeit to a lesser extent ( Lees et al, 2019 ). However, the current results challenge this assumption, and are more consistent with other studies showing faster RT in hazardous drinkers ( Bø et al, 2016 ; Hartley et al, 2004 ; Kashfi et al, 2017 ; Lees et al, 2019 ; Mazumder et al, 2021 ; Townshend and Duka, 2005 ; Zanjani et al, 2013 ), and those that show no relationship ( Affan et al, 2018 ; Cohen-Gilbert et al, 2017 ; Hogenkamp et al, 2014 ; Nguyen et al, 2013 ; Rodgers et al, 2005 ; Winward et al, 2014a , 2014b ; Woods et al, 2016 ). This finding is of interest and suggests that perhaps hazardous drinkers require less time to make a choice in a choice RT task than non-hazardous drinkers (as proposed by Townshend and Duka, 2005 ).…”