Alcohol-induced state-dependent learning in non-alcoholics.

HiNRICHSEN, J. 1., M. KATAHN AND R. W. LEVENSON. Alcoho/-illdllced slale·dl'pelldent learning ill Iloll-a/coholics. PHARMAC BIOCHEM. BEHAV. 2(3) 293-296,1974. -The generality of the dissociative effects of a high dosage (lAO g/kg.) of rapidly ingested ethyl alcohol in non-alcoholic human subjects was examined. Verbal memory was found to be more susceptible to dissociation than either motor-skills learning or autonomic (heart-rate) control training. The dissociation of the verbal material appeared to be asymmetrical in that subjects who originally learned the material while intoxicated but were tested 48 hr later while sober showed a greater memory decrement ·than a group which learned the material originally while sober but was tested while intoxicated.