Alcohol and Human Memory (PLE Memory) [Hardcover]

Originally published in 1977, the chapters in this volume offer a concise review of the research and new direction in the study of alcohol and cognition at the time. Each chapter has been prepared by an eminent researcher who was currently involved in investigating human cognitive behaviour. The chapters contain not just a dry summary of work done in the field, but descriptions of the impetus for the work that was done, problems in doing such work, knowledge that was gained, and suggestions for future research.

Many new approaches are presented for the study of alcohol and memory, and for the understanding of results of studies already done. This was a forward-looking volume not only about directions for future research, but with solid contributions that review and integrate major areas of inquiry on the influence of alcohol on memory and behaviour at the time.

Part 1: Introduction  1. Elizabeth S. Parker and Isabel M. BirnbaumAlcohol Research: New Directions  Part 2: Approaches to the Study of Alcohol and Memory  2. Fergus I.M. CraikSimilarities Between the Effects of Aging and Alcohol Intoxication on Memory Performance, Construed Within a Levels of Processing Framework  3. Thomas K. LandauerRemarks on the Detection and Analysis of Memory Deficits  4. Marcia K. JohnsonWhat is Being Counted None the Less?  5. Harry P. BahrickReliability of Measurement in Investigations of Learning and Memory  6. Geoffrey Keppel and Charles R. ZubrzyckiSelective Learning and Forgetting  Part 3: Memory and Alcohol Intoxication  7. Isabel M. Birnbaum and Elizabeth S. ParkerAcute Effects of Alcohol on Storage and Retrieval  8. Ralph S. Ryback, MD. The Intoxicated Goldfish as a Model for Alcohol Effects on Memory ilCH