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Alcohol and memory: Storage and state dependency

1976; Academic Press; Volume: 15; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0022-5371(76)90061-x

1878-4097

Elizabeth S. Parker, Isabel M. Birnbaum, Ernest P. Noble,

Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Abstract The effects of acute alcohol intoxication on the storage phase of memory were evaluated with two tasks that minimized response retrieval: unpaced paired-associate learning with highly available responses and forced-choice picture recognition. Paired-associate learning was impaired by the high dose of alcohol (1.0 ml/kg), while the placebo and medium dose (0.5 ml/kg) were equivalent. Picture recognition showed a dose-dependent decrement. It was concluded that storage processes are sensitive to disruption by alcohol. Alcohol did not produce decrements in memory for the original material when retention was tested 2 weeks later, and there was no evidence for state dependency.