Neurocognitive impairments are prevalent in persons seeking treatment for alcohol use
disorders (AUDs). These impairments and their physical, social, psychological and …

Cognitive control refers to the internal representation, maintenance, and updating of context
information in the service of exerting control over thoughts and behavior. Deficits in cognitive …

Background: Chronic alcoholism is known to impair episodic memory function, but the
specific nature of this impairment is still unclear. Moreover, it has never been established …

This article presents a cognitive-motivational theory (CMT) of the mechanisms associated
with three basic dimensions of personality vulnerability to alcoholism, impulsivity/novelty …

Background: It is still unclear whether episodic memory and executive functions capacities
can return to normal in abstinent patients over a 6‐month period. Furthermore, the role of …

Individuals with alcoholism exhibit poor decision making as reflected by their continued
alcohol use despite encountering problems and by low performance in laboratory tasks of …

Aims: While the relationship between chronic exposure to alcohol and neurobiological
damage is well established, deleterious brain effects of binge drinking in youths have only …

Background Individuals with a family history of alcoholism are at much greater risk for
developing an alcohol use disorder (AUD) than youth or adults without such history. A large …

Background: Two studies were conducted to investigate the disinhibitory mechanisms that
(1) discriminate early‐onset alcoholism (EOA) with conduct disorder (CD; antisocial EOA) …

Background: The exact nature of episodic and working memory impairments in alcoholic
Korsakoff patients (KS) remains unclear, as does the specificity of these neuropsychological …