dc.contributor.author | Parada Iglesias, María |
dc.contributor.author | Corral Varela, María Montserrat |
dc.contributor.author | Caamaño Isorna, Francisco |
dc.contributor.author | Mota Miranda, Nayara Graciella |
dc.contributor.author | Crego Barreiro, Manuel Alberto |
dc.contributor.author | Rodríguez Holguín, Socorro |
dc.contributor.author | Cadaveira Mahía, Fernando |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-06T18:01:53Z |
dc.date.available | 2018-12-06T18:01:53Z |
dc.date.issued | 2011 |
dc.identifier.citation | Parada M; Corral M; Caamaño-Isorna F; Mota N; Crego A; Rodríguez Holguín S; Cadaveira F. (2011). Binge drinking and declarative Memory in University students. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 35, 81475–1484 |
dc.identifier.issn | 0145-6008 |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10347/17891 |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Binge drinking (BD), which is characterized by sporadic consumption of large quantities of alcohol in short periods, is prevalent among university students. Animal studies have shown that BD is associated with damage to the hippocampus, a region of the brain that plays a key role in learning and memory. The temporal cortex undergoes structural and functional changes during adolescence. The aim of the present study was to examine the association between BD and declarative memory in male and female university students. Methods: The participants were 122 students (between 18 and 20 years of age): 62 BD (30 women) and 60 non-BD (29 women). The neuropsychological assessment included the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) and Weschler Memory Scale-3rd ed. (WMS-III) Logical Memory subtest, to evaluate verbal declarative memory, and the WMS-III Family Pictures subtest, to measure visual declarative memory. Results: The BD students remembered fewer words in the interference list and displayed greater proactive interference in the RAVLT; they performed worse in the Logical Memory subtest, both on immediate and delayed recall. There were no differences between the groups in performance of the Family Pictures subtest. No significant interactions were observed between BD and sex. Conclusions: Binge drinking is associated with poorer verbal declarative memory, regardless of sex. The findings are consistent with the vulnerability of the adolescent hippocampus to the neurotoxic effects of alcohol. Longitudinal studies will help determine the nature of this relationship, the neurodevelopmental trajectories for each sex, and the repercussions on academic performance |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research was supported by Consellería de Innovación e Industria of Xunta de Galicia, grant number PGI-DIT05CS021103PR and INCITE08PXIB211015PR, by Plan Nacional sobre Drogas of Ministerio de Salud y Consumo of Spain, grant number 2005⁄PN014, and by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación of Spain, grant number EDU2008-03440 |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.publisher | Willey |
dc.rights | © 2011 by the Research Society on Alcoholism. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
dc.subject | Binge drinking |
dc.subject | University students |
dc.subject | Alcohol |
dc.subject | Neuropsychology |
dc.subject | Episodic declarative memory |
dc.subject | Hippocampus |
dc.subject | Sex differences |
dc.subject | Consumo intensivo de alcohol |
dc.subject | Estudantes universitarios |
dc.subject | Neuropsicoloxía |
dc.subject | Memoria declarativa episódica |
dc.subject | Hipocampo |
dc.subject | Diferenzas sexuais |
dc.title | Binge Drinking and Declarative Memory in University Students |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
dc.identifier.DOI | 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01484.x |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01484.x |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion |
dc.identifier.e-issn | 1530-0277 |
dc.rights.accessrights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Psicoloxía Clínica e Psicobioloxía |
dc.description.peerreviewed | SI |