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Moussa, Malaak 2015-06-23T08:35:56Z 2016-06-22T08:30:10Z 2015 https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/57165 Recent census data has found that roughly 40% of adults 65 years and older not only consume alcohol but also drink more of it than previous generations. Older drinkers are more sensitive than younger counterparts to the psychoactive effects of alcohol due to natural biological changes that occur with aging, and this may leave them vulnerable to even moderate amounts of alcohol consumption. The focus of this dissertation is on non-problem social alcohol consumption (7-21 drinks per week) in older age (≥ 65 years old), and the overarching goal was to determine whether or not it is associated with exacerbated age-related cognitive decline and brain changes. en Wake Forest University Aging Alcohol Brain Cognition Graph Theory Networks THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL DRINKING IN OLDER AGE ON COGNITION AND BRAIN HEALTH Dissertation Laurienti, Paul J McCool, Brian Godwin, Dwayne Liguori, Anthony Simpson, Sean Neuroscience 2016-06-22 open.access