Identifying the Cognitive Decrements Caused by HIV.

Abstract

This document summarizes the work conducted on this grant. One major experiment was conducted examining the effects of HIV on cognitive processes for a group of asymptomatic HIV+ homosexual and bisexual males, as defined using the Walter Reed Classification System. The HIV+ subjects were compared to a matched group of HIV- homosexual and bisexual males and to a second group of matched HIV- heterosexual males. Two types of cognitive assessment systems were used: information processing and neuropsychological. A comparison of the two HIV- control groups revealed a number of significant differences on both the information processing and the neuropsychological instruments. Consequently, the group consisting of HIV- homosexual and bisexual males was selected as the appropriate control group. Few differences were found between the control group and the asymptomatic, HIV+ group. An interesting relation between performance on a classical vigilance task and self-reported recreational drug use was found. These data indicated that vigilance tasks may be useful as non-invasive drug screens.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA291648

Entities

People

  • Diane L. Damos

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Central Nervous System
  • Classification
  • Cognition
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • False Alarms
  • Health Services
  • Hiv Infections
  • Homosexuality
  • Infection
  • Information Processing
  • Medical Personnel
  • Nervous System
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Street Drugs
  • Students
  • Systems Management

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Psychology

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