THE USE OF TWO AUTOMATED NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS, COGFUN AND THE PERCEPTUAL MAZE TEST, WITH ALCOHOLICS

Forty-eight male detoxified alcoholics completed the automated neuropsychological tests, Cogfun II and the Perceptual Maze Test. On both tests, the younger group of patients performed better than the older group. No differences were found between short- and long-term drinkers, although there was som...

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Published in:Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford) 1987, Vol.22 (3), p.285-295
Main Authors: MACDONELL, L. E. F., SKINNER, F. N., GLEN, E. M. T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Factors
Alcoholism - diagnosis
Brain Damage, Chronic - diagnosis
Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests - methods
Time Factors
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Summary:Forty-eight male detoxified alcoholics completed the automated neuropsychological tests, Cogfun II and the Perceptual Maze Test. On both tests, the younger group of patients performed better than the older group. No differences were found between short- and long-term drinkers, although there was some indication that older long-term drinkers performed less well than younger long-term drinkers. Control subjects performed significantly better than alcoholic subjects. Thus characteristics found by others using conventional psychometric tests were also apparent when using new, automated tests, and baselines were established from which to measure change over the passage of time.
ISSN:0735-0414
1464-3502
1464-3502
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a044710