Assessment of cognitive function in alcoholics by computer: a control study.
Results are presented of the performance by 103 alcoholics and 90 controls on six computer-administered tests of cognitive function. The main analysis compared performance of the two groups when pre-existing differences in intellectual capacity, as estimated by NART, were accounted for statistically. The performance of the alcoholics was worse, at a statistically significant level, on 18 of 23 measures. Procedurally, the tests were found to offer practical advantages over conventional procedures.
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003071:Cognition; D003201:Computers; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D011581:Psychological Tests; D013028:Space Perception; D014705:Verbal Behavior