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Neurocognitive Deficits in Alcoholics and Social Drinkers: A Continuum? by Parsons, Oscar A.

“…Our research program has investigated neurocognitive deficits in sober alcoholics for several decades. We have shown that both male and female adult alcoholics…”
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Neuropsychological Measures and Event-Related Potentials in Alcoholics: Interrelationships, Long-Term Reliabilities, and Prediction of Resumption of Drinking by Parsons, Oscar A

“…Sober alcoholics and peer controls were tested and retested 14 months later on neuropsychological performance tests (NTP) and also had event-related potentials…”
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Prediction of resumption of drinking in posttreatment alcoholics by Glenn, S W, Parsons, O A

“…The ability of five factors (depressive symptomatology, neuropsychological performance, psychosocial maladjustment, previous treatment history, and childhood…”
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Does neuropsychological test performance predict resumption of drinking in posttreatment alcoholics? by Parsons, O A, Schaeffer, K W, Glenn, S W

“…The prediction of resumption of drinking in posttreatment alcoholics was investigated as a function of five possible confounding variables: depression,…”
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Methodological Considerations in Clinical Neuropsychological Research: 17 Years Later by Prigatano, George P, Parsons, Oscar A, Bortz, Jennifer J

“…Research in clinical neuropsychology continues to flourish. Over the past 17 years, the field has embraced advances in structural and functional neuroimaging…”
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Cortisol Dysregulation and Cognitive Impairment in Abstinent Male Alcoholics by Errico, Austin L., King, Andrea C., Lovallo, William R., Parsons, Oscar A.

“…Background Alcoholics have impaired cortisol response to stress, indicating dysregulation in the extrahypothalamic systems responsible for activating cortisol…”
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Assessment of prose recall performance in chronic alcoholics: Recall of essential versus detail propositions by Tivis, Laura J., Parsons, Oscar A.

“…Evidence for impaired psychological functions medicated by the left hemisphere in sober alcoholics is inconsistent. We predicted that sober alcoholics have…”
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Strength of auditory stimulus-response compatability as a function of task complexity by Callan, James, Klisz, Diane, Parsons, Oscar A

“…Examined ear-response side and ear-hand components of lateral stimulus-response (S-R) compatability as a function of information processing complexity in 2…”
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Neurocognitive deficits in alcoholics and social drinkers : A continuum? by PARSONS, O. A

“…Our research program has investigated neurocognitive deficits in sober alcoholics for several decades. We have shown that both male and female adult…”
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Differences in Cognitive Impairment Between VA and Community Treatment Center Alcoholics by Tivis, Laura J, Parsons, Oscar A, Glenn, Susan Wagner, Nixon, Sara Jo

“…Recent results suggest that (a) alcoholics from community treatment programs are not as impaired on neuropsychological tests as alcoholics from a Veterans…”
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Effects of alcohol abuse and familial alcoholism on physical health in men and women by Glenn, S W, Parsons, O A, Stevens, L

“…Detoxified alcoholic men (n = 76) and women (n = 72) and nonalcoholic control men (n = 50) and women (n = 51) were given a structured interview that assessed…”
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The relationship between cognitive dysfunction and brain damage in alcoholics: causal, interactive, or epiphenomenal? by Parsons, O A, Leber, W R

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The WAIS-R Index for Estimating Premorbid Intelligence: Cross-Validation and Clinical Utility by Eppinger, Michael G, Craig, Paul L, Adams, Russell L, Parsons, Oscar A

“…Barona, Reynolds, and Chastain (1984) proposed new demographic information formulas for estimating premorbid Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales-Revised IQ…”
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MALE-FEMALE DIFFERENCES IN UNDERWATER SENSORY ISOLATION by WALTERS, C, PARSONS, O A, SHURLEY, J T

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Cortisol dysregulation and cognitive impairment in abstinent male alcoholics by ERRICO, Austin L, KING, Andrea C, LOVALLO, William R, PARSONS, Oscar A

“…Alcoholics have impaired cortisol response to stress, indicating dysregulation in the extrahypothalamic systems responsible for activating cortisol secretion…”
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Verbal fluency deficits in female alcoholics by Hewett, L J, Nixon, S J, Glenn, W, Parsons, O A

“…Verbal fluency deficits in female alcoholics (n = 48) were investigated using Thurstone's Word Fluency Test (TWFT) and a category fluency test. Overall,…”
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Methodological considerations in clinical neuropsychological research by Parsons, Oscar A, Prigatano, George P

“…Discusses methodological problems and issues in clinical neuropsychological research for 4 types of neuropsychological studies: (a) differential diagnosis, (b)…”
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Clinical validity of the Speech-Sounds Perception Test and the Seashore Rhythm Test by Sherer, M, Parsons, O A, Nixon, S J, Adams, R L

“…The interpretive significance of the Speech-Sounds Perception Test (SSPT) and the Seashore Rhythm Test (SRT) was evaluated through literature review and…”
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Learning impairment in alcoholics using an ecologically relevant test by Schaeffer, K W, Parsons, O A

“…Sober male middle-aged alcoholics with a mean duration of 11.5 years of abuse and abstinence for a minimum of 3 weeks performed more poorly than age- and…”
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Pretest Expectancies and Cognitive Impairment in Alcoholics by Sander, Angelle M, Nixon, Sara J, Parsons, Oscar A

“…Alcoholics' neurological deficits have been attributed to cognitive impairment associated with brain dysfunction. Because alcoholics perceive themselves as…”
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