Intoxicated and nonintoxicated male subjects with self-reported low, moderate, and high drinking experience were given the opportunity to administer electrical shocks to an opponent in the context of a competitive reaction time task. Relative to subjects with moderate and high drinking experience, alcohol intoxication enhanced the aggressive behavior of the low-drinking-experience subjects.
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