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Drugs & Clinical Trials
February 19, 2011

Cartoon – Alcohol and Aggression

By Shaheen E Lakhan, MD, PhD, MEd, MS | 5 Comments | Share | Print | Email | Tweet | Like | 1+
Alcohol and aggression

Judging by all the destruction caused by the test subject, drinking more does make one more aggressive.

A recent study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs found a positive correlation between alcohol dose and aggression in human subjects. Aggressiveness was measured by shock intensity and duration administered to one’s “opponent” in a competitive reaction-time task. The opponents were fictional and no actual shocks were administered. Essentially, the more alcohol one drank, the more frequent and longer shocks they applied. This finding was observed throughout both genders.

Reference

Duke AA, Giancola PR, Morris DH, Holt JC, & Gunn RL (2010). Alcohol dose and aggression: another reason why drinking more is a bad idea. Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, 72 (1), 34-43 PMID: 21138709

Image Copyright © 2011 Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation. Created by Jerry King. All Rights Reserved.

Shaheen E Lakhan, MD, PhD, MEd, MS

Shaheen E Lakhan, MD, PhD, MEd, MS, is executive director of the Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation (GNIF). He is a published scholar in protein biomarkers, bioethics, biotechnology, education technology, and neurology. He serves on the editorial board of several scholarly publications and has been honored by the U.S. President and Congress.

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5 Responses

  1. Charlie Whitcomb says:
    March 7, 2011 at 7:44 am

    I see this phenomonen a lot in bars, glad it was reproduced in a scientific way. There should be limits as to how much we consume this dangerous toxin. There is absolutely no benefit to it.

    Reply
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