Effect of episodic and working memory impairments on semantic and cognitive procedural learning at alcohol treatment entry

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 238-248

  Pitel, Anne Lise ^a   Witkowski, Thomas ^a   Vabret, François ^b   Guillery Girard, Bérengère ^a   Desgranges, Béatrice ^a   Eustache, Francis ^a   Beaunieux, Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b CHU Clemenceau   (France)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Cognitive Procedural Learning; Episodic Memory; Semantic Learning; Working Memory

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS;

EID: 33846544962     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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