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Effects of acute alcohol administration on verbal and spatial-learning

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authors

  • Mungas, D.
  • Ehlers, Cindy
  • Wall, Tamara L.

publication date

  • March 1994

journal

  • Alcohol and Alcoholism  Journal

abstract

  • The effects of alcohol and placebo on cognitive functioning in male, Asian-American college students were evaluated with a double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over design using a multi-trial learning test in which verbal and spatial learning were simultaneously assessed. Verbal recall was impaired consistently across learning trials, while impairment of spatial recall was evident only on later learning trials. Recall of spatial information was influenced by order of presentation and amount of exposure time of items. Results do not support a theory that spatial learning is more impaired by alcohol than verbal learning, and thus do not lend support for the hypothesis that alcohol has a greater effect on right than left hemisphere functioning. Results provide evidence that alcohol increases susceptibility to interference effects.

subject areas

  • Adult
  • Alcohol Drinking
  • Alcoholic Intoxication
  • Attention
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mental Recall
  • Orientation
  • Pattern Recognition, Visual
  • Verbal Learning
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0735-0414

PubMed ID

  • 8080597
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 163

end page

  • 169

volume

  • 29

issue

  • 2

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