August 26, 2010

Alcohol Dependence Damages Both Episodic Memory and Awareness of Memory

ScienceDaily for August 25, 2010 reported on damage to memory from alcohol.

Alcohol dependence (AD) has negative effects on cognitive processes such as memory. Metamemory refers to the subjective knowledge that people have of their own cognitive processing abilities, such as their monitoring and control of memory. A new study has found that AD has a negative impact on both episodic memory as well as metamemory.