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Robert C. Smith, MD, PhD; Elizabeth S. Parker; Ernest P. Noble, MD, PhD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1975;32(11):1394-1398.

Abstract
• The effects of alcohol on formal aspects of social communication were studied by scoring transcripts of verbal discussions between dyads in alcohol and placebo sessions. At a low dose (0.83 to 1.0 ml/kg), alcohol significantly (P <.01) increased the amount of and overlap in communications, and tended to decrease subjects' acknowledgement of their partners' statements. At a high dose (1.5 ml/kg), the rate of overlap in speech was additionally increased, but there was a leveling off or reversal of the drug's effect on amount of communication. The subjects' blood alcohol levels were not related to the drug's effect.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California at Irvine. Dr. Smith is now with the University of Chicago.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 7, 1974.

Reprint requests to the Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago, 950 E 59th St, Box 411, Chicago, IL 60637 (Dr. Smith).

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