Human conditioned compensatory response to alcohol cues: initial evidence.
Alcohol cues elicited a conditioned autonomic response that was opposite in direction to the effect of alcohol. Normal male social drinkers given placebo following four alcohol conditioning sessions showed a compensatory response consisting of decreased pulse transit time, vasomotor activity, and finger temperature. This pilot research, supports the application of a classical conditioning model to human alcohol problems.
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D000818:Animals; D001070:Appetitive Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D001831:Body Temperature; D003214:Conditioning, Classical; D003463:Cues; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D011674:Pulse
D000431:Ethanol