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The automatic nature of habitual goal-state activation in substance use : implications from a dyslexic population. / Wilcockson, Thomas; Pothos, Emmanuel.
In: Journal of Substance Use, Vol. 21, No. 3, 05.2016, p. 244-248.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The automatic nature of habitual goal-state activation in substance use
T2 - implications from a dyslexic population
AU - Wilcockson, Thomas
AU - Pothos, Emmanuel
PY - 2016/5
Y1 - 2016/5
N2 - Habitual goal-state activation may automatically elicit effects upon cognition, motivation and emotion, through influence upon processes operating outside of awareness. For example, alcohol craving may be triggered by environmental cues. This experiment considered whether priming habitual goal-states would have similar effects for adult dyslexics and non-dyslexic controls. Dyslexia may be associated with automatization deficits, which may affect habitual goal-state response. Dyslexics were compared to non-dyslexics on their reported alcohol cravings, following priming of one of two habitual goal-state conditions; studying or socializing. Within some of the exploratory analyses, a difference between dyslexics and non-dyslexics was demonstrated. However, the difference was not in the anticipated direction, as it was the dyslexics who were more affected by the primes. This suggests that dyslexics may be affected by primes differently to non-dyslexics. This research potentially helps understand the role that habitual goal-states play within substance use.
AB - Habitual goal-state activation may automatically elicit effects upon cognition, motivation and emotion, through influence upon processes operating outside of awareness. For example, alcohol craving may be triggered by environmental cues. This experiment considered whether priming habitual goal-states would have similar effects for adult dyslexics and non-dyslexic controls. Dyslexia may be associated with automatization deficits, which may affect habitual goal-state response. Dyslexics were compared to non-dyslexics on their reported alcohol cravings, following priming of one of two habitual goal-state conditions; studying or socializing. Within some of the exploratory analyses, a difference between dyslexics and non-dyslexics was demonstrated. However, the difference was not in the anticipated direction, as it was the dyslexics who were more affected by the primes. This suggests that dyslexics may be affected by primes differently to non-dyslexics. This research potentially helps understand the role that habitual goal-states play within substance use.
KW - Alcohol
KW - craving
KW - dyslexia
KW - priming
U2 - 10.3109/14659891.2015.1009506
DO - 10.3109/14659891.2015.1009506
M3 - Journal article
VL - 21
SP - 244
EP - 248
JO - Journal of Substance Use
JF - Journal of Substance Use
SN - 1465-9891
IS - 3
ER -