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dc.contributor.authorParada Iglesias, María
dc.contributor.authorCorral Varela, María Montserrat
dc.contributor.authorMota Miranda, Nayara Graciella
dc.contributor.authorCrego Barreiro, Manuel Alberto
dc.contributor.authorRodríguez Holguín, Socorro
dc.contributor.authorCadaveira Mahía, Fernando
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-06T18:05:09Z
dc.date.available2018-12-06T18:05:09Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationParada M; Corral M; Mota N; Crego A; Rodríguez Holguín S; Cadaveira F (2012). Executive functioning and alcohol binge drinking in university students. Addictive Behaviors, 37, 167–172
dc.identifier.issn0306-4603
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10347/17892
dc.description.abstractBackground: Binge drinking (BD) is prevalent among college students. Studies on alcoholism have shown that the prefrontal cortex is vulnerable to the neurotoxic effects of alcohol. The prefrontal cortex undergoes both structural and functional changes during adolescence and young adulthood. Sex differences have been observed in brain maturation and in alcohol-induced damage. The objective of the present study was to analyze the relationship between BD and cognitive functions subserved by the prefrontal cortex in male and female university students. Methods: The sample comprised 122 undergraduates (aged 18 to 20 years): 62 BD (30 females) and 60 non-BD (29 females). Executive functions were assessed by WMS-III (Backward Digit Span and Backward Spatial Span), SOPT (abstract designs), Letter Fluency (PMR), BADS (Zoo Map and Key Search) and WCST-3. Results: BD students scored lower in the Backward Digit Span Subtest and generated more perseverative responses in the SOPT In relation to interaction BD by sex, BD males scored lower in the Backward Digit Span test than BD females and non-BD males. Conclusions: BD is associated with poorer performance of executive functions subserved by the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. The results do not support enhanced vulnerability of women to alcohol neurotoxic effects. These difficulties may reflect developmental delay or frontal lobe dysfunction.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was financially supported by Consellería de Innovación e Industria of Xunta de Galicia, grant number PGIDIT05CS021103PR 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.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rights© 2012 by Elsevier. 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.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectBinge drinking
dc.subjectAlcohol
dc.subjectUniversity students
dc.subjectAdolescent development
dc.subjectExecutive functions
dc.subjectPrefrontal cortex
dc.subjectNeuropsychology
dc.subjectConsumo intensivo de alcohol
dc.subjectEstudantes universitarios
dc.subjectDesenvolvemento adolescente
dc.subjectFuncións executivas
dc.subjectCórtex prefrontal
dc.subjectNeuropsicoloxía
dc.titleExecutive functioning and alcohol binge drinking in university students
dc.typejournal article
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.09.015
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.09.015
dc.type.hasVersionAM
dc.identifier.essn1873-6327
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Psicoloxía Clínica e Psicobioloxía
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