Journal
PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN
Volume 135, Issue 1, Pages 142-156Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/a0014414
Keywords
binge drinking; epidemiology; neuropsychological; review; definitions
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- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism [AG10604]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [R01AG010604] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM [P60AA006420] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Binge drinking is an increasingly important topic in alcohol research, but the field lacks empirical cohesion and definitional precision. The present review summarizes findings and viewpoints from the scientific binge-drinking literature. Epidemiological studies quantify the seriousness of alcohol-related problems arising from binge drinking, with a growing incidence reported in college-age men over the last 2 years. Experimental studies have found neurocognitive deficits for frontal lobe processing and working memory operations in binge-drinking compared with nonbinge alcohol drinkers. The findings are organized with the goals of providing a useful binge-drinking definition in the context of the empirical results. Theoretical implications are discussed on how binge drinking may alter neurophysiological and neurocognitive function.
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