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Alcohol and Alcoholism Advance Access originally published online on May 12, 2008
Alcohol and Alcoholism 2008 43(4):499; doi:10.1093/alcalc/agn040
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Medical Council on Alcohol. All rights reserved

Letter to the Editor

A Response to the Paper ‘Investigation of the "Hangover" Effects of an Acute Dose of Alcohol on Psychomotor Performance’ by Lemon

Richard Stephens1,*, Jonathan Ling1, Thomas M. Heffernan2, Nick Heather2 and Kate Jones3

1 Keele University, Staffordshire, UK
2 Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
3 Health and Safety Laboratory, UK

* Corresponding author: School of Psychology, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK. Tel. +44-1782-583600; Fax +44-1782-583387; E-mail: r.stephens{at}psy.keele.ac.uk

; We would like to thank Dr Lemon for his interest in our review and for opening up this correspondence. Nevertheless, we do not perceive any inaccuracies in our account (Stephens et al., 2008Go) of the paper by Lemon et al. (1993Go). There was no mention of BAL being zero during testing in the hangover phase in the 1993 paper, and we reported this. Furthermore, our account does not contradict what Lemon says in his letter—Lemon et al. (1993Go) did not find any neuropsychological effects in the hangover testing phase. Finally, our review acknowledges possible mechanisms underlying hangover beyond those closely related to alcohol consumption, including sleep deprivation. Nevertheless, it is valuable for Lemon to add to the record that BAL was indeed zero during testing in the hangover phase in Lemon et al. (1993Go), and it is useful to highlight that the Lemon et al. (1993Go) study used a demonstrably sensitive test (divided attention) that showed acute intoxication effects of alcohol and yet found no hangover effects.

References

Lemon J, Chester G, Fox A, et al. Investigation of the "hangover" effects of an acute dose of alcohol on psychomotor performance. Alcohol: Clin Exp Res (1993) 17:665–8.[CrossRef][Web of Science][Medline]

Stephens R, Ling J, Heffernan TM, et al. A review of the literature on the cognitive effects of the alcohol hangover. Alcohol and Alcoholism (2008) 43:163–170.[Abstract/Free Full Text]


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