Learning and memory impairments in young and old alcoholics: evidence for the premature-aging hypothesis.
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.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000187:drug effects*; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects*; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000187:drug effects; D008875:Middle Aged; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000187:drug effects