Parker J B, Chelune G J, Hamblin D K, Kitchens E M
Addict Behav. 1984;9(3):287-90. doi: 10.1016/0306-4603(84)90021-2.
Research utilizing psychometric and neuropsychological measures has shown that alcoholics are impaired on visual-spatial tasks. Recent studies have also shown alcoholics are impaired on novel verbal tasks as well. The present study was undertaken to determine the degree of impairment among alcoholics in visual-spatial versus verbal tasks. Limited support for the hypothesis that alcoholics are impaired in verbal abilities was obtained in that the WAIS Vocabulary subtest discriminated between alcoholics and nonalcoholics. These findings are discussed in light of both the tendency to interpret neuropsychological tests in a rather simple fashion and the need for further research into the verbal functioning of alcoholics.
利用心理测量和神经心理学测量方法的研究表明，酗酒者在视觉空间任务上存在缺陷。最近的研究还表明，酗酒者在新颖的语言任务上也存在缺陷。本研究旨在确定酗酒者在视觉空间任务与语言任务中的受损程度。由于韦氏成人智力量表词汇分测验能够区分酗酒者和非酗酒者，因此对于酗酒者语言能力受损这一假设仅获得了有限的支持。鉴于以相当简单的方式解释神经心理学测试的趋势以及对酗酒者语言功能进行进一步研究的必要性，对这些发现进行了讨论。
