@article { , title = {Visual and auditory contextual cues differentially influence alcohol-related inhibitory control}, abstract = {Introduction: Representing a more immersive testing environment, the current study exposed individuals to both alcohol-related visual and auditory cues to assess their respective impact on alcohol-related inhibitory control. It examined further whether individual variation in alcohol consumption and trait effortful control may predict inhibitory control performance. Method: Twenty-five U.K. university students (Mage = 23.08, SD = 8.26) completed an anti-saccade eye-tracking task and were instructed to look towards (pro) or directly away (anti) from alcohol-related and neutral visual stimuli. Short alcohol-related sound cues (bar audio) were played on 50\% of trials and were compared with responses where no sounds were played. Results: Findings indicate that participants launched more incorrect saccades towards alcohol-related visual stimuli on anti-saccade trials, and responded quicker to alcohol on pro-saccade trials. Alcohol-related audio cues reduced latencies for both pro- and anti-saccade trials and reduced anti-saccade error rates to alcohol-related visual stimuli. Controlling for trait effortful control and problem alcohol consumption removed these effects. Conclusion: These findings suggest that alcohol-related visual cues may be associated with reduced inhibitory control, evidenced by increased errors and faster response latencies. The presentation of alcohol-related auditory cues, however, appears to enhance performance accuracy. It is postulated that auditory cues may re-contextualise visual stimuli into a more familiar setting that reduces their saliency and lessens their attentional pull.}, doi = {10.20882/adicciones.1091}, issn = {0214-4840}, issue = {1}, journal = {Adicciones}, pages = {7-18}, publicationstatus = {Published}, url = {https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/864888}, volume = {33}, keyword = {Psychological Sciences Research Group, Formerly Health & Social Sciences, alcohol consumption, inhibitory control, context effects, anti-saccade, effortful control}, year = {2021}, author = {Qureshi, Adam and Monk, Rebecca Louise and Pennington, Charlotte Rebecca and Li, Xiaoyun and Leatherbarrow, Thomas and Oulton, Jennifer R} }