Learning and Memory Impairments in Young and Old Alcoholics: Evidence for the Premature‐Aging Hypothesis
- 1 July 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research
- Vol. 4 (3), 288-293
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.1980.tb04816.x
Abstract
A battery of cognitive tests was administered to groups of younger (34–49) and older (50–59) alcoholics and nonalcoholic control subjects. Regardless of age, alcoholics were found to be impaired on essentially all measures of learning and memory. The relevance of these findings to the premature-aging hypothesis is discussed.Keywords
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