Sentences with phrase «alcohol reward sensitivity»

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However, individual differences in sensitivity to alcohol's positive rewarding effects are associated with a greater tendency to remember alcohol - related environmental stimuli encountered while intoxicated.

They suggest that, for heavy drinkers, lower perceived impairment and higher sensitivity to the stimulating and rewarding effects of alcohol could make the habit more dangerous for them.

But a new study published in Archives of General Psychiatry by University of Chicago researchers finds that heavy drinkers actually experience greater sensitivity to the rewarding and stimulating effects of alcohol, along with lower sedation.

Dependence on alcohol and nicotine, and the associations of these two drugs of abuse with a greater affinity and sensitivity to sweets may originate from a common neurobiological base of reward or genetic factors, the researchers say.