Publications by authors named "Stephen M Cruz"
Alcohol consumption is often characterized by heavy episodic, or binge drinking, which has been on the rise. The aim of this study was to examine the neural dynamics of inhibitory control in demographically matched groups of young, healthy adults (N = 61) who reported engaging in binge (BD) or light drinking patterns (LD). Electroencephalography signal was recorded during a fast-paced visual Go/NoGo paradigm probing the ability to inhibit prepotent responses.
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- - The study investigates how binge drinking affects brain activity by using EEG to analyze neural oscillations in young adults, comparing binge drinkers (BD) and light drinkers (LD) across various factors like age and gender.
- - Findings reveal that binge drinkers have a slower alpha peak frequency and increased frontal theta and beta activity, even after controlling for factors like depression or personality traits.
- - The research suggests that these brain changes correlate with measures of alcohol consumption, indicating that binge drinking may signal a progression towards alcohol dependence, reflecting a possible imbalance in brain excitatory and inhibitory activity.
Altered oscillatory brain dynamics of emotional processing in young binge drinkers.
Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci
February 2018
Heavy episodic drinking, also termed binge drinking, is commonly practiced by young adults. It is accompanied by a range of cognitive, affective, and social problems, but the neural dynamics underlying changes in emotional functions is poorly understood. To investigate the behavioral and brain indices of affective processing as a function of binge drinking, young, healthy participants (23.
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