Memory is not a unitary process but comprises a multitude of component mnemonic processes, not all of which have been extensively studied in chronic alcoholism (Squire, 1992; Squire, 2004). Over the last half-century, studies in alcoholism have highlighted impairments affecting episodic memory as well as semantic and cognitive procedural learning (Le Berre et al., 2010; Noel et al., 2012b; Pitel et al., 2007a; Pitel et al., 2007b). By contrast, visuomotor procedural and implicit perceptual learning and memory are relatively preserved (Fama et al., 2004; Fama et al., 2012). More recently, deficits in prospective (Griffiths et al., 2012), autobiographical (D’Argembeau et al., 2006; Nandrino et al., 2016) and source (Schwartz et al., 2002) memory have been reported in individuals with AUD. These component processes of memory are explicated next.
