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Alcohol and Alcoholism Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 601-608, 1999
© 1999 Medical Council on Alcoholism

A COMPARISON OF COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE IN BINGE VERSUS REGULAR CHRONIC ALCOHOL MISUSERS

Anna Kokavec and Simon F. Crowe*

School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia 3083

Received 9 April 1998; first review notified 24 November 1998; accepted 7 January 1999

One hundred cases of individuals assessed for alcohol-related cognitive performance were examined. The assessment included demographic and alcohol consumption data, as well as performance on tests of auditory verbal learning, memory, motor skills, general intellectual functioning, and visuo-spatial functioning. All participants regularly drank in excess of 10 standard drinks/session. Fifty cases were binge drinkers who consumed alcohol on 2 days/week or less and 50 cases were individuals who consumed alcohol daily. The two groups of drinkers were statistically matched on a number of demographic and misuse factors. The results indicated similar performance for both the binge drinkers and the regular drinkers in visuo-motor speed, visuo-spatial organization and planning, learning, proactive interference, retroactive interference, and retrieval efficiency. However, performance differences were observed on tasks that required semantic organizational ability, with binge drinkers performing better than regular drinkers on these tasks. Due to the differences in the cognitive performance of the two groups, it was concluded that drinking pattern is an important factor in investigating cognitive performance in alcoholics.


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