ArticleAddictive behaviors reports2017
Alcohol related mental imagery: The effects of a priming dose in at risk drinkers.
Article in Addictive behaviors reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03868488 (Mental Imagery Tasks to Reduce IGD Cravings), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Mental Imagery Tasks to Reduce IGD Cravings: Visual Imagery and Auditory Imagery
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The impact of alcohol priming on craving and motivation to drink: a meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Pooled it
- Positive mental imagery, emotion regulation and depressive symptoms in individuals with alcohol use disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Mental Imagery Skills in Alcohol-Dependent Subjects and Their Associations With Cognitive Performance: An Exploratory Study During Residential Rehabilitation.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesDrug related mental imagery is proposed to play a central role in addictive behaviour. However, little is known about such cognition or how it is pharmacologically modulated. Here, we test theoretical predictions of the 'elaborated intrusion' theory by comparing neutral with alcohol related mental imagery, and examine the effects of low dose alcohol on phenomenological aspects of this imagery.
methodsAlcohol related and neutral imagery was assessed after at risk drinkers (n = 40) consumed alcohol (0.3 g/kg) or placebo, in a crossover design. Sensory and visuospatial qualities of imagery, along with associated craving, positive affect and 'mind wandering' were assessed.
resultsAlcohol related mental imagery was rated as more vivid and sensorially rich, effects that were larger following the priming dose of alcohol. In addition, mind wandering was substantially
conclusionsAlcohol related mental imagery differs phenomenologically from neutral imagery on a number of dimensions. Priming with alcohol may enable cognitive elaboration by biasing the output of controlled cognitive processing towards enhanced sensory elaboration and increased attention to alcohol related cognition. These feedforward effects may be involved in focusing cognitive and behavioural resources on alcohol acquisition/consumption through the elaboration and rehearsal of relevant goals and plans.
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