Faculty Articles
Effects of Chronic Cocaine Abuse on Memory and Learning
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1993
Publication Title
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
Volume
8
Issue/Number
6
First Page
477
ISSN
0887-6177
Last Page
483
Abstract/Excerpt
Sixteen chronic (M = 5 years) weekly cocaine users who were at least 10 days (M = 20 days) abstinent were compared to age, education, race, and gender matched controls on the California Verbal Learning Test, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) Vocabulary, and Block Design. Subjects with developmental disorder, neurological, psychiatric, or other substance abuse history were excluded. Cocaine subjects learned and recalled fewer words than controls, but did not differ on IQ. Results suggested significant residual impairment in verbal learning efficiency subsequent to chronic cocaine use that results from memory storage difficulties rather than altentional impairment or general intellectual reduction. A dose-response relationship is suggested.
DOI
10.1016/0887-6177(93)90048-6
NSUWorks Citation
Mittenberg, W.,
Motta, S.
(1993). Effects of Chronic Cocaine Abuse on Memory and Learning. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 8(6), 477-483.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/159
