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Characteristics of Memory Deficits in Chronic Alcoholics

The Korean Journal of Health Psychology / The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, (P)1229-070X; (E)2713-9581
2012, v.17 no.1, pp.165-179
https://doi.org/10.17315/kjhp.2012.17.1.009



& (2012). Characteristics of Memory Deficits in Chronic Alcoholics. The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, 17(1), 165-179, https://doi.org/10.17315/kjhp.2012.17.1.009

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to investigate specific characteristics of memory deficits, associated with chronic alcoholism. To this end, we administered Rey-Kim memory test and K-Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale to a sample of 28 alcohol dependent patients and 26 normal controls. The alcohol dependent group showed the following characteristics in their memory deficits. First, their memory deficits involved recent memory, but not immediate or remote memory. Second, their recent-memory deficits involved both verbal and visual memory. Third, their recent-memory deficits involved problems in registration and retrieval stage, but not in retention stage. Fourth, their deficits in recent memory were more severe than their deficits in general intelligence, suggesting that the memory deficits were not part of generalized cognitive dysfunction, but a memory-specific dysfunction. Finally, about 20% of the patients evidenced severe memory decline, whereas other patients showed mild to moderate decline. These results provide useful data for the understanding of alcoholic memory deficits and their clinical managements.

keywords
alcoholism, alcohol dependence, memory dysfunction, memory function, recent memory, 알코올 중독, 알코올 의존, 기억장애, 기억기능, 최근기억

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