The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Social Addictions Impulse Lab
Social Addictions Impulse Lab
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Our laboratory studies the conditions and traits leading people to make poor decisions about consuming too much alcohol. Some people really can attend a social event and just consume one or two alcoholic drinks over the course of the evening and stop drinking, but others just keep consuming alcohol irrespective of their plans or the consequences. We believe this is at the crux of alcohol addiction.
Currently, our lab is interested in how childhood trauma plays a role in personality traits that influences one’s poor decisions making regarding heavy drinking. We are also looking at how stressful events can change how much people drink within a social drinking context in a simulated naturalistic bar lab.
Help us keep our rich tradition of working with first-generation college students, minority college students, and getting women interested in STEM fields such as statistics and mental health field alive.
Our lab is looking at how stressful events can change how much people drink within a social drinking context, and we’re studying this in a simulated naturalistic bar lab Julie Patock-Peckham, director of the lab."
Impact of Donor Support
- Funding supports research into alcohol addiction and continued investigation of impulse control in a bar setting.
- Donations enable the lab to provide research opportunities for undergraduate students.
- Enables more flexibility in funding in between grants in order to pay for research.
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