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Five volunteer chronic alcoholics participated in an experiment in which the availability or non-availability of a daily ration of 12 ounces (360 ml) of 95-proof ethanol (133.68 g ethanol) was randomly determined. For all subjects, rates of social interaction were significantly higher on ethanol days than non-ethanol days. The study demonstrates the feasibility of using complex molar units of human behavior as dependent variables in behavioral pharmacology research.
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Griffiths, R., Bigelow, G. & Liebson, I. Assessment of effects of ethanol self-administration on social interactions in alcoholics. Psychopharmacologia 38, 105–110 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00426105
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