Using Imagination to Integrate Contextual Effects in a Cue-Reactivity Paradigm in Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Pilot Study

Conclusions: These results support the view that context effects alter the neural responses in thalamus and nucleus caudatus in patients with AUD, and that imagination tasks are suited to incorporate contextual influences in neurophysiological research designs. Future research needs to investigate whether the failure to observe a picture-type effect was due to limited statistical power and omission to individualize picture set, or whether an imagination procedure interferes with the evocation of picture-type effects.Neuropsychobiology
Source: Neuropsychobiology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research