The Continuum and Specificity of the Effects of Alcohol on Memory; A Review

Alcohol most severely disrupts short-term memory but also affects immediate and remote memory. A continuum is hypothesized between the memory deficits in cocktail-party drinking, alcohol amnesia and the Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome.Alcohol most severely disrupts short-term memory but also affects immediate and remote memory. A continuum is hypothesized between the memory deficits in cocktail-party drinking, alcohol amnesia and the Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome.