Individuals with substance use disorders (SUD) have to cope with drug-related cues and contexts, which can affect instrumental drug seeking as shown with Pavlovian to instrumental transfer (PIT) paradigms in animals and humans. The investigators aimed to investigate the impact of acute and chronic stress on Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer (PIT), how PIT it is associated with cognitive control abilities and whether such effects predict losing vs. regaining control in subjects with AUD. Moreover, the investigators aimed to develop a novel full transfer task that assesses both, general and specific PIT to investigate whether specific PIT differs between alcohol use disorder (AUD) and control subjects.
Age range
16 Years – 65 Years
Sex
ALL
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Neural PIT effect day 1
Timeframe: Day 1
Neural PIT effect day 2
Timeframe: Day 2
Behavioral PIT effect on performance day 1
Timeframe: Day 1
Behavioral PIT effect on velocity day 1
Timeframe: Day 1
Behavioral PIT effect on velocity day 2
Timeframe: Day 2
Chronic stress effects on hair cortisol in picogram/milligram
Timeframe: retrospective assessment before PIT testing at Day 1
Chronic stress quenstionnaire 1
Timeframe: retrospective assessment before PIT testing at Day 1
Chronic stress quenstionnaire 2
Timeframe: retrospective assessment before PIT testing at Day 1
Chronic stress quenstionnaire 3
Timeframe: retrospective assessment before PIT testing at Day 1
cognitive control Stroop effect
Timeframe: Day 1
cognitive control Simon effect
Timeframe: Day 1
cognitive control interference effect
Timeframe: Day 1
Acute stress day 1
Timeframe: Day 1
Acute stress day 2
Timeframe: Day 2