Thursday 26 May 2016

Free Alcohol Use Reduction App

An investigational app and online program to reduce alcohol intake is now available free to the public.

This tool is an application of cognitive bias modification. A link to a study supporting cognitive bias modification is noted in the citation below. Click on the PMID link to get to the abstract.

The program uses a 15 minutes per day tool for four days.

The program was developed at the London School of Economics by Professor Paul Dolan.

Users who sign up to use the tool will be providing data to further determine the effectiveness of the app.

Read more about this tool at Science Daily HERE.

A link to the program and app can be found HERE.

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Photo of painting titled "Peasants Enjoying a Beer at Pub in Fribourg" is from Wikipedia Creative Common file. Citation: By François Louis Jaques (1877–1937) (Beurret & Bailly) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Gladwin TE, Rinck M, Eberl C, Becker ES, Lindenmeyer J, & Wiers RW (2015). Mediation of cognitive bias modification for alcohol addiction via stimulus-specific alcohol avoidance association. Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 39 (1), 101-7 PMID: 25623410

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