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Learning alcohol tolerance by mental or physical practice.

K Sdao-Jarvie1, M Vogel-Sprott

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Journal of Studies on Alcohol
|November 1, 1992
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Associating alcohol-compensatory actions with rewards, like information or money, significantly enhances alcohol tolerance. Mental or physical practice improves the body's response to alcohol.

Area of Science:

  • Psychopharmacology
  • Behavioral Neuroscience

Background:

  • Understanding factors influencing alcohol tolerance is crucial for public health.
  • Previous research suggests expectancy and conditioning play roles in drug effects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether associating drug-compensatory performance with valuable outcomes enhances alcohol tolerance.
  • To compare the effects of different types of rewards (information, money) and mental rehearsal on alcohol tolerance.

Main Methods:

  • Male social drinkers (n=30) learned a psychomotor task (Tracometer).
  • Participants attended five sessions, receiving alcohol (0.62 g/kg) or placebo.
  • Groups differed in task consequences: information only (IO), information plus money (MI), mental rehearsal (MR), money only (MO), or no outcome (N).

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Main Results:

  • Groups MI, IO, and MR showed significantly greater tolerance and compensatory responses to a placebo compared to MO and N groups.
  • Both informational and monetary rewards, as well as mental rehearsal, enhanced alcohol tolerance.

Conclusions:

  • Associating drug-compensatory performance with valuable outcomes, through practice or mental rehearsal, enhances tolerance to moderate alcohol doses.
  • This suggests that conditioning mechanisms contribute significantly to the development of alcohol tolerance.