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Binge drinking can damage memory

3 months ago 05th Apr 12:06

They were asked to answer questions about how often they forgot to carry out tasks they intended to do, such as meeting with friends.

They were shown a video clip of a shopping trip after being given a couple of minutes to memorise a set of tasks prompted by various cues in the film, such as remembering to text a friend at a certain shop, or to check their bank accounts after seeing a person sitting on a bench.

A small group of young people is drinking earlier in life and at dangerously high levels

He said it was possible that the pre-frontal cortex or hippocampus regions of the brain were being impaired.

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by Pat - 18:57:49 16th Apr 2008

What I would like to know is if extraneous variables were taken into account. How do the researchers know that the children didnt already have a poor ... READ MORE

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