caa a22 4500 465769896 CHVBK 20180323111926.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19901201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01109029 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01109029 Information processing, neuropsychological function, and the inherited predisposition to alcoholism [Elektronische Daten] [J. Peterson, R. Pihl] Sons of male alcoholics are at particularly heightened risk for the development of alcoholism. This heightened risk frequently appears in association with increased incidence of conduct disorder or hyperactivity, with deficits in abstract thinking and poor school performance, with abnormalities in cued psychophysiological response, and with increased sensitivity to the putatively stress-response-dampening effects of alcohol intoxication. This risk and its associated features are discussed within the context of a neuropsychological theory, predicated on the notions (1) that deficits in cognitive functions theoretically dependent upon the intact functioning of the prefrontal cortex could underlie manifestation of the idiosyncracies commonly attributed to sons of male alcoholics, and (2) that acute alcohol intoxication could relieve the subjective discomfort associated with the consequences of such deficits. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1990 alcoholism nationallicence heredity nationallicence neuropsychology nationallicence cognition nationallicence psychophysiology nationallicence conduct disorder nationallicence hyperactivity nationallicence alcohol intoxication nationallicence Peterson J. Department of Psychology, McGill University, 1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue, H3A 1B1, Montreal, Quebec, Canada aut Pihl R. Department of Psychology, McGill University, 1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue, H3A 1B1, Montreal, Quebec, Canada aut Neuropsychology Review Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 1/4(1990-12-01), 343-369 1040-7308 1:4<343 1990 1 11065 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01109029 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01109029 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Peterson J. Department of Psychology, McGill University, 1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue, H3A 1B1, Montreal, Quebec, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pihl R. Department of Psychology, McGill University, 1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue, H3A 1B1, Montreal, Quebec, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Neuropsychology Review Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 1/4(1990-12-01), 343-369 1040-7308 1:4<343 1990 1 11065 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer