Effect of ethanol self-administration on choice behavior: Money vs. socializing

摘要: Abstract Volunteer chronic alcoholic subjects were exposed to a discrete-trial choice procedure within residential research setting. Twelve daily trials occurred at 20 min intervals. In each trial subject chose between 2 mutually exclusive options involving either receipt of money or the opportunity for socializing. The effect ethanol self-administration was evaluated by requiring randomly over days that consume 8 drinks orange juice (89.12 g total). For all 4 subjects, mean rate choosing socialization significantly greater on sessions than self-administration.