Cermak L S, Peck E
Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 1982 Winter;6(1):89-95. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1982.tb05385.x.
An attempt is made to differentiate, both theoretically and experimentally, the continuum theory from the premature aging theory of the chronic effects of alcohol on verbal information processing. It is argued that the continuum model necessitates a demonstration of differential 'pattern' of performance between alcoholics and normals in as much as alcoholic Korsakoff patients (at one end of the continuum) do demonstrate such patterns. Premature aging theories, on the other hand, need to demonstrate only subnormal performance by alcoholics relative to their contemporaries. Two experiments designed to assess these theories provided some evidence for premature aging but none for the continuum theory.
本文试图从理论和实验两方面，将酒精对言语信息处理的慢性影响的连续体理论与早衰理论区分开来。有人认为，连续体模型需要证明酗酒者和正常人之间存在不同的“表现模式”，因为酒精性柯萨科夫综合征患者（处于连续体的一端）确实表现出了这样的模式。另一方面，早衰理论只需要证明酗酒者相对于同龄人表现不佳即可。旨在评估这些理论的两项实验为早衰理论提供了一些证据，但没有为连续体理论提供证据。
