Alcohol intoxication, but not hangover, differentially impairs learning and automatization of complex motor response sequences

Abstract Behavioral automatization usually makes us more efficient and less error-prone, but may also foster dysfunctional behavior like alcohol abuse. Yet, it has remained unclear whether alcohol itself causes the shift from controlled to habitual behavior commonly observed in alcohol use disorder...

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Main Authors: Antje Opitz, Filippo Ghin, Jan Hubert, Joris C. Verster, Christian Beste, Ann-Kathrin Stock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90803-5