Clustering Electrophysiological Predisposition to Binge Drinking: An Unsupervised Machine Learning Analysis.

Journal: Brain and behavior
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The demand for fresh strategies to analyze intricate multidimensional data in neuroscience is increasingly evident. One of the most complex events during our neurodevelopment is adolescence, where our nervous system suffers constant changes, not only in neuroanatomical traits but also in neurophysiological components. One of the most impactful factors we deal with during this time is our environment, especially when encountering external factors such as social behaviors or substance consumption. Binge drinking (BD) has emerged as an extended pattern of alcohol consumption in teenagers, not only affecting their future lifestyle but also changing their neurodevelopment. Recent studies have changed their scope into finding predisposition factors that may lead adolescents into this kind of patterns of consumption.

Authors

  • Marcos Uceta
    Center for Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience (C3N), Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain.
  • Alberto Del Cerro-León
    Center for Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience (C3N), Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain.
  • Danylyna Shpakivska-Bilán
    Center for Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience (C3N), Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain.
  • Luis M García-Moreno
    Department of Psychobiology and Methodology in Behavioral Science, Faculty of Education, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain.
  • Fernando Maestú
    Centre for Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
  • Luis Fernando Antón-Toro
    Center for Biomedical Technology, Technical University of Madrid, Campus Montegancedo, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain.