Evaluation of neurocognitive functions in young university students who frequently consume alcohol at the UJED Durango Law School

The objective of this research is to evaluate the state of the neurocognitive functions of young frequent alcohol users of the Faculty of Law and Political Science of the Juárez University of the State of Durango, for this two instruments were applied: the AUDIT test, to identify the level of alcohol consumption of the students and the BCSE brief test to evaluate the cognitive state of the participants. 100 students participated voluntarily. In the results, it can be observed that 60% of the students evaluated have medium to excessive alcohol consumption, and 40% obtained low level scores in the cognitive assessment. Decision-making, planning, self-monitoring, spatial orientation, attentional control, and cognitive flexibility are the areas most affected by alcohol consumption, in addition to making them less consistent in fulfilling their school obligations and affecting their cognitive capacity necessary to correctly acquire knowledge.