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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2018 Jun;26(3):251–267. doi: 10.1037/pha0000190

Table 5.

Studies Reporting Acute Effects of Alcohol on Inhibition as a Function of Type of Task.

Alcohol-induced disinhibition?* Inhibition Tasks
Cued Go/No-go Other Go/No-go Other InhibitionΨ Other/complex§
YES 20a 9b 16d 2f
NO 0 5c 14e 0

Note.

*

Interpreted as significantly poorer performance or outcome on the primary dependent measure derived from the task in question following alcohol versus nonalcohol (placebo or control) ingestion during ascending and/or descending BAC.

§

Wisconsin Card-sorting Task (fLyvers & Maltzman, 1991); Color-matching Task from the ImPACT neuropsychological test battery (fSchweitzer et al., 2006).