ArticlePsychopharmacology2017
Bibi ergo sum: the effects of a placebo and contextual alcohol cues on motivation to drink alcohol.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The impact of alcohol priming on craving and motivation to drink: a meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Pooled it
- The Influence of Placebo Effect on Craving and Cognitive Performance in Alcohol, Caffeine, or Nicotine Consumers: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- Combined effect of alcohol and cannabis on simulated driving.Psychopharmacology · 2022Trial
- A deeper insight into how GABA-B receptor agonism via baclofen may affect alcohol seeking and consumption: lessons learned from a human laboratory investigation.Molecular psychiatry · 2021Trial
- Taste matters: lessons learned in translating a conditioned drug cue reactivity paradigm from rodents to humans.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- A Brief Introduction to Human Behavioral Pharmacology: Methods, Design Considerations and Ethics.Perspectives on behavior science · 2022Article
- Limited Evidence of Associations Between Executive Functioning and Alcohol Involvement In UK Adolescents.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2021Article
- Context and craving among individuals with alcohol use disorder attempting to moderate their drinking.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2020Article
- Evidence for incentive salience sensitization as a pathway to alcohol use disorder.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2019Review
- Identifying Triggers of Alcohol Craving to Develop Effective Virtual Environments for Cue Exposure Therapy.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- The effect of beliefs about alcohol's acute effects on alcohol priming and alcohol-induced impairments of inhibitory control.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
rationaleAcute 'priming' doses of alcohol reliably increase alcohol-seeking behaviour in social drinkers. However, the effects of the anticipated (rather than pharmacological) effects of alcohol, and their interaction with contextual alcohol cues, are not well understood.
objectivesThis study aims to determine the extent to which an alcohol-placebo drink increases craving, subjective intoxication and beer consumption, while conjointly investigating the impact of contextual alcohol cues.
methodsOn a within-subject basis, 64 undergraduate social drinkers consumed both a placebo (which they believed to contain alcohol) and a control drink (which they knew did not contain alcohol) in different sessions. Participants completed the study procedures in a bar laboratory designed to look like a 'pub' or a standard psychology lab containing no alcohol-related cues. Craving (Desires for Alcohol Questionnaire) and subjective intoxication were measured pre- and post-drink, and a bogus taste test to measure ad-lib alcohol consumption was completed at the end of each session.
resultsCompared to the control drink, placebo significantly increased craving, ad-lib consumption and subjective intoxication, regardless of environmental context.
conclusionsIncreased craving and ad-lib alcohol consumption after consuming a priming dose of alcohol is at least partly attributable to the anticipated rather than the pharmacological effects of the priming dose.
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