McNamara P, Blum D, O'Quin K, Schachter S
Department of Psychology, State University College at Buffalo, New York 14222.
Percept Mot Skills. 1994 Dec;79(3 Pt 2):1435-40. doi: 10.2466/pms.1994.79.3f.1435.
We assessed markers of anomalous cerebral dominance in 70 problem drinkers at risk for alcoholism, 43 alcoholics who had been sober for at least six months, and 311 healthy control subjects age-matched to the problem drinkers. Markers of anomalous cerebral dominance included left-handedness, learning disabilities, neuro-immune disorders, and special cognitive talents. We also administered a "drinking inventory" to assess frequency and severity of drinking patterns for self and family. Analysis showed elevated rates of left-handedness and learning disabilities in the alcoholic group and in the "at risk" problem drinkers. These same subjects rated themselves and their families as relatively poor at left-hemisphere-mediated cognitive talents. Alcoholic women evidenced significantly greater incidence of immune disorders than alcoholic men. Alcoholism appears to be related to biological factors which have been associated with anomalous cerebral dominance.
我们评估了70名有酒精中毒风险的问题饮酒者、43名已戒酒至少六个月的酗酒者以及311名与问题饮酒者年龄匹配的健康对照者的大脑优势异常标志物。大脑优势异常的标志物包括左利手、学习障碍、神经免疫紊乱和特殊认知天赋。我们还进行了一项“饮酒量表”评估，以评估自我及家庭饮酒模式的频率和严重程度。分析表明，酗酒组和“有风险”的问题饮酒者中左利手和学习障碍的发生率较高。这些受试者自我评估以及他们认为家人在左半球介导的认知天赋方面相对较差。酗酒女性的免疫紊乱发生率明显高于酗酒男性。酒精中毒似乎与一些与大脑优势异常相关的生物学因素有关。
