Binge Drinking Effects on EEG in Young Adult Humans

Kelly E. Courtney and John Polich
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Kelly E. Courtney: The Scripps Research Institute, Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
John Polich: The Scripps Research Institute, Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA

IJERPH, 2010, vol. 7, issue 5, 1-12

Abstract: Young adult (N = 96) university students who varied in their binge drinking history were assessed by electroencephalography (EEG) recording during passive viewing. Groups consisted of male and female non-binge drinkers (>1 to 5/4 drinks/ounces in under two hours), low-binge drinkers (5/4–7/6 drinks/ounces in under two hours), and high-binge drinkers (? 10 drinks/ounces in under two hours), who had been drinking alcohol at their respective levels for an average of 3 years. The non- and low-binge drinkers exhibited less spectral power than the high-binge drinkers in the delta (0–4 Hz) and fast-beta (20–35 Hz) bands. Binge drinking appears to be associated with a specific pattern of brain electrical activity in young adults that may reflect the future development of alcoholism.

Keywords: binge drinking; CNS; EEG; young adults; undergraduates (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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