Does training on inhibitory tasks influence alcohol consumption and attitudes?

Response inhibition – the suppression of a

prepotent or ongoing action – is an executive

function central to the regulation of behaviour.

Response inhibition can be assessed in the

laboratory using the Go/No-go or Stop-Signal tasks

which both assess the capacity to withhold an

inappropriate response. In the Go/No-go task,

participants are required to respond rapidly to Go

stimuli but to withhold that response upon No-go

stimuli. In the Stop-Signal task, participants are

required to respond to Go stimuli but to withhold the

response when an auditory stop signal occurs

subsequent to the Go stimulus.