Effect of Episodic and Working Memory Impairments on Semantic and Cognitive Procedural Learning at Alcohol Treatment Entry

• Published in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 238 - 248
• Main Authors: Pitel, Anne Lise, Witkowski, Thomas, Vabret, François, Guillery-Girard, Bérengère, Desgranges, Béatrice, Eustache, Francis, Beaunieux, Hélène
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.02.2007; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Subjects: Addictive behaviors; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Alcoholism; Alcoholism - complications; Alcoholism - rehabilitation; Alcoholism and acute alcohol poisoning; Biological and medical sciences; Case-Control Studies; Cognition - physiology; Cognition Disorders - etiology; Cognition Disorders - physiopathology; Cognitive Procedural Learning; Episodic Memory; Humans; Learning Disorders - etiology; Learning Disorders - physiopathology; Medical sciences; Memory - physiology; Memory Disorders - etiology; Memory Disorders - physiopathology; Middle Aged; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Semantic Learning; Semantics; Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; Toxicology; Working Memory; Memory disorder; Cognitive disorder; Ethanol; Alcoholism; Semantic Learning; Cognition; Cognitive Procedural Learning; Learning; Alcoholic beverage; Acquisition process; Treatment; Semantics; Working memory; Episodic memory

Background: Chronic alcoholism is known to impair the functioning of episodic and working memory, which may consequently reduce the ability to learn complex novel information. Nevertheless, semantic and cognitive procedural learning have not been properly explored at alcohol treatment entry, despite...