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Conditional responding is impaired in chronic alcoholics.

Helmut Hildebrandt1, B Brokate, E Hoffmann

  • 1Department of Neurology, Municipal Hospital of Bremen, Bremen, Germany. helmut.hildebrandt@uni-oldenburg.de

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
|May 26, 2006
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Long-term alcohol abuse impairs executive functions, specifically conditional responding and inhibiting pre-potent responses. This study found deficits in object alternation and incompatibility tasks in dependent individuals.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology

Background:

  • Addiction is linked to executive function deficits, including decision-making and response inhibition.
  • Bechara's model proposes these deficits are central to addiction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test Bechara's model of executive function deficits in long-term alcohol dependency.
  • To investigate specific impairments in decision-making and response inhibition.

Main Methods:

  • 29 long-term alcohol-dependent individuals and 20 controls were assessed.
  • Executive functions were measured using word fluency, object alternation, spatial incompatibility, extra-dimensional shift learning, and the Gambling task.
  • Performance was analyzed by subtracting control condition scores from executive condition scores.

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Main Results:

  • Significant differences between groups were found only in object alternation and incompatibility tasks.
  • Response times in object alternation correlated with the duration of alcohol dependency.
  • No specific deficits in decision-making or shifting representations were evident.

Conclusions:

  • Long-term alcohol abuse impairs conditional responding.
  • Impairments are linked to reliance on previous reactions or inhibiting pre-potent response patterns.
  • The findings do not fully support Bechara's model regarding specific decision-making or shifting deficits.