@article{4262712288874fcf8026d6afe10cbe6a,
title = "On the dissimilar effects of alcohol and aging on the perception of cognitive failings",
abstract = "The effects of age and duration of alcoholism on self-report of cognitive errors were examined in detoxified alcoholic outpatients and normal controls. Among alcoholics, longer duration of alcohol abuse was associated with report of more frequent cognitive errors. Among both groups, aging was associated with report of less frequent errors. Thus, data from self-assessment of cognitive performance suggests that alcoholism and aging have dissimilar effects.",
keywords = "Aging, Alcohol, Cognitive failings",
author = "Jason Brandt and Provost, {David G.}",
note = "Funding Information: Thirty-six detoxified alcoholic men participated in this study. They were all receiving outpatient alcoholism treatment at Baltimore City Hospitals or the Baltimore V.A. Medical Center. All the subjects were between the ages of 23 and 62 (mean=42.36 years, SD= 10.85) and had a minimum of 8 years of formal education {mean= 11.41 years, SD=2.26). None had a history of head trauma, nutritional deficiency, neurological or hepatic disease, or severe psychiatric illness. Individuals with histories of depression serious enough to ever warrant inpatient treatment, antidepressant medication, or electroconvulsive therapy were excluded from the study. The subjects had been drinking alcoholically for a minimum of seven years {mean= 16.89 years, SD=9.16) and had been totally abstinent from alcohol for a minimum of 3 weeks at the time of testing (mean=25.22 weeks, SD=30.25). {In this study, alcoholism was defined as daily drinking to an extent which interfered with work or family life, or which caused legal or health problems.) tThis research was supported, in part, by NIH Biomedical Research Support Grant S07 RR07041 to the Johns Hopkins University. Paper presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, April 1984. 2Requests for reprints should be addressed to Jason Brandt. Ph.D., Department of Psychology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218.",
year = "1985",
doi = "10.1016/0741-8329(85)90137-5",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "2",
pages = "633--635",
journal = "Alcohol",
issn = "0741-8329",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "5",
}