Comparison of memory performance in normal and addicts individuals.

Introduction: cognitive function included wide range of perceptions,memory and complex cognitive operations. Due to the memory effect at all aspects of life and unaffected by of drugs the aim of this study is comparison of memory function in normal and addicts individuals.Method: The Method of  This study is descriptive and Causal-comparative. Therefore 100 addicts under the East Azarbaijane Behzisti organization  where selected in available sampling and 100  normal individual Using matching method where selected and responded the Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ) Data obtained analyzed by using SPSS software, and multivariate analysis of variance tests.Results: The results showed there a significant difference is between the addicts and normal people at long-term memory, short-term memory, prospective memory, retrospective memory ,and general memory.Conclusions: drug addiction creates devastating and irreparable effects to parts of the brain play a role in memory function and this issue is causing poor performance in the memory of addiction.