Do Risky Drinkers Think Differently? Insights From Cognitive Experiments
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What is risky drinking? What’s the cognitive profile of risky drinkers? If we know more about how risky drinkers think, is it easier to develop models for preventive measures?  APS’s Özge G. Fischer Baum approaches these questions with a cognitive lens in an interview with Elizabeth Goldfarb from Yale University. Fischer Baum and Goldfarb discuss how risky drinkers generalize and overgeneralize categories differently from the general population. The conversation evolves into ideas about possible interventions for alcohol-use and other substance abuse.  Goldfarb also published on this topic in APS’s flagship journal, Psychological Science.   If you want to know more about this research, visit psychologicalscience.org. 
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