The contribution of executive functions deficits to impaired episodic memory in individuals with alcoholism

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-122

  Noël, Xavier ^a   Van der Linden, Martial ^b   Brevers, Damien ^a   Campanella, Salvatore ^a   Hanak, Catherine ^a   Kornreich, Charles ^a   Verbanck, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Episodic memory; Executive functions; Relapse prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBALIZATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84867143050     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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