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Maylor, Elizabeth A. , Long, Hannah and Newstead, Rhianne (2019) Differential effects of alcohol on associative versus item memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 33 (3). pp. 386-392. doi:10.1002/acp.3476 ISSN 0888-4080.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3476
Abstract
Alcohol has detrimental effects on a range of cognitive processes, the most prominent being episodic memory. These deficits appear functionally similar to those observed within the normal aging population. We investigated whether an associative memory deficit, as found in older adults, would also be evident in young adults moderately intoxicated by alcohol. Participants were shown unrelated word pairs and then tested on both their item recognition (old/new item?) and associative recognition (intact/recombined pair?). Half the participants were under the influence of alcohol whereas the other half were sober. Alcohol impaired memory performance but significantly more so for associative than for item memory. Moreover, within the alcohol group, the associative memory deficit was significantly related to the amount of alcohol consumed. The findings suggest that not all aspects of episodic memory are equally impaired by alcohol, which may have practical implications for criminal investigations involving eye witnesses who have consumed alcohol.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||||
| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Memory -- Effect of alcohol on, Recognition (Psychology) | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Applied Cognitive Psychology | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0888-4080 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | May 2019 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 33 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 386-392 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1002/acp.3476 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | "This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Maylor EA, Long HR, Newstead RA. Differential effects of alcohol on associative versus item memory. Appl Cognit Psychol. 2018;1–7. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3476 which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3476. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions." | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 27 November 2018 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 9 October 2019 |
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