TY - JOUR
T1 - " Pause and plan" includes the liver
T2 - Self-regulatory effort slows alcohol metabolism for those low in self-control
AU - Eisenlohr-Moul, Tory A.
AU - Fillmore, Mark T.
AU - Segerstrom, Suzanne C.
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - During self-regulatory effort, a series of potentially energy-saving changes occur in the heart and immune system. The present study tested the possibility that one function of the liver, alcohol metabolism, also slows in the presence of self-regulatory effort. Young men (N= 19) received a small dose of alcohol and performed either self-regulatory tasks or identical tasks without a self-regulatory component, counterbalanced across two sessions. There was no main effect of condition on alcohol metabolism; however, trait self-control moderated the effect of condition such that those with higher trait self-control metabolized alcohol at similar rates across conditions, whereas those with lower trait self-control experienced a slowing of alcohol metabolism in the high self-regulation condition compared with the low self-regulation condition. This finding adds changes in liver metabolism to the " pause and plan" profile of self-regulation and suggests that trait self-control reduces the effort associated with self-regulatory tasks.
AB - During self-regulatory effort, a series of potentially energy-saving changes occur in the heart and immune system. The present study tested the possibility that one function of the liver, alcohol metabolism, also slows in the presence of self-regulatory effort. Young men (N= 19) received a small dose of alcohol and performed either self-regulatory tasks or identical tasks without a self-regulatory component, counterbalanced across two sessions. There was no main effect of condition on alcohol metabolism; however, trait self-control moderated the effect of condition such that those with higher trait self-control metabolized alcohol at similar rates across conditions, whereas those with lower trait self-control experienced a slowing of alcohol metabolism in the high self-regulation condition compared with the low self-regulation condition. This finding adds changes in liver metabolism to the " pause and plan" profile of self-regulation and suggests that trait self-control reduces the effort associated with self-regulatory tasks.
KW - Alcohol metabolism
KW - Liver function
KW - Psychophysiology
KW - Self-regulation
KW - Trait self-control
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U2 - 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.06.006
DO - 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.06.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 22749967
AN - SCOPUS:84864248787
SN - 0301-0511
VL - 91
SP - 229
EP - 231
JO - Biological Psychology
JF - Biological Psychology
IS - 2
ER -