Episodic foresight is impaired following acute alcohol intoxication

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Elliott, Morgan, Terrett, Gillian, Curran, H. Valerie, Rendell, Peter G. and Henry, Julie D.. (2023). Episodic foresight is impaired following acute alcohol intoxication. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 37(5), pp. 490-497. https://doi.org/10.1177/02698811231154851
AuthorsElliott, Morgan, Terrett, Gillian, Curran, H. Valerie, Rendell, Peter G. and Henry, Julie D.
Abstract

Background:
Alcohol intoxication disrupts many aspects of cognition, including the generation of phenomenological characteristics of future events (a component of episodic foresight), and the execution of directed preparatory behaviours (a component of prospective memory). However, no study has tested whether alcohol intoxication is also associated with deficits engaging episodic foresight to guide future-directed behaviour.

Aims:
This study was designed to provide the first test of how alcohol intoxication influences the functional application of episodic foresight. The secondary aim was to establish the degree to which any observed episodic foresight difficulties associated with alcohol use might reflect broader problems in retrospective memory and executive control. Sex differences were also examined.

Methods:
Healthy adult social drinkers randomly received either a moderate dose of 0.6 g/kg alcohol (n = 61) or a matched placebo drink (n = 63) and then completed a validated measure that met strict criteria for assessing the functional application of episodic foresight as well as a broader cognitive test battery.

Results:
Relative to the placebo condition, episodic foresight was impaired by acute alcohol consumption, with this impairment related to poorer retrospective memory, but not executive control. The negative effects of alcohol intoxication on episodic foresight did not differ as a function of sex.

Conclusions:
Even a moderate level of intoxication impairs the ability to use episodic foresight in a functionally adaptive way. These findings have implications for understanding many of the maladaptive behaviours that are often associated with acute alcohol use.

Keywordsacute alcohol consumption; episodic foresight; prospective cognition; neurocognition; behavioural effects
Year2023
JournalJournal of Psychopharmacology
Journal citation37 (5), pp. 490-497
PublisherSAGE Publications
ISSN0269-8811
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1177/02698811231154851
PubMed ID36825668
Scopus EID2-s2.0-85159615679
PubMed Central IDPMC10186559
Open accessPublished as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
Page range490-497
FunderAustralian Research Council (ARC)
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ARC Funded ResearchThis output has been funded, wholly or partially, under the Australian Research Council Act 2001
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