Acute effects of alcohol on defensive and primary-process language. Results with three human volunteers.
Alcohol was found to attenuate defensive aspects of speech. Contrary to expectations, primary-process language was shown to decrease by alcohol. These findings are congruent with previous studies which suggested alcohol not to activate specific moods consistently as measured by verbal behavior.
D000328:Adult; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000187:drug effects; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013060:Speech / Q000187:drug effects*; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000187:drug effects