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In Young University Students, Attention And Working Memory Affected By Binge Drinking
August 12, 2009 by NewsBot
Binge drinkers are defined as males who drink five or more standard alcohol drinks, and females who drink four or more, on one occasion and within a two-hour interval. A recent study of binge drinking's impact on attention and visual working memory processes in young Spanish university students has found that binge drinkers expend more attentional effort to complete a given task, and also have a deficiency in differentiating between relevant and irrelevant information.