Abstract Background and objectives Medical cannabis use is increasing in Australia and other jurisdictions, yet little is known about the effects of medical cannabis on cognitive function. Findings from studies…
Condition: Cognition
Regular cannabis use alters the neural dynamics serving complex motor control
Abstract Cannabis is the most widely used recreational drug in the United States and regular use has been linked to deficits in attention and memory. However, the effects of regular…
Ratings of executive function as a risk factor for adolescents’ frequent cannabis use: A prospective longitudinal study
Please use this link to access this publication: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2023-16721-001 Abstract Objective: We examined the extent to which behavioral ratings of children’s executive function (EF) in early adolescence predicted adolescents’ cannabis use,…
Cannabis and emotion processing: A review of behavioral, physiological, and neural responses
Please use this link to access this publication: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-00077-001 Abstract While previous research has indicated that alcohol use is associated with difficulties in emotion processing and socioemotional functioning, less is known…
Clinical, Cognitive, and Neurobiological Correlates of Impaired Timing Abilities Associate to Cannabis Use: a Systematic Review
Abstract Time perception received growing interest in psychiatry for its psychopathological implications. Cannabis use can cause a subjective experience of temporal perception alteration and increases the risk of emergence of mental illnesses such as…
Effect of Cannabis on Memory Consolidation, Learning and Retrieval and Its Current Legal Status in India: A Review
Abstract Cannabis is one of the oldest crops grown, traditionally held religious attachments in various cultures for its medicinal use much before its introduction to Western medicine. Multiple preclinical and…
Recreational cannabis use over time in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis: Lack of associations with symptom, neurocognitive, functioning, and treatment patterns
Please use this link to access this publication: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165178123003700 Abstract Recreational cannabis use has recently gained considerable interest as an environmental risk factor that triggers the onset of psychosis. To date,…
Acute and residual effects of marijuana: profiles of plasma THC levels, physiological, subjective, and performance measures
Please use this link to access this publication: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/009130579090028G?via%3Dihub Abstract Three experienced marijuana smokers participated in four 2-day experimental sessions in which they smoked either 0, 1, or 2 marijuana cigarettes…
Long-term assessment of the cognitive effects of nabiximols in patients with multiple sclerosis: A pilot study
Please use this link to access this publication: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0303846720303334?via%3Dihub Abstract Objective: Moderate to severe spasticity is commonly reported in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and its management is still a challenge. Cannabinoids were recently…
Cannabidiol regulation of emotion and emotional memory processing: relevance for treating anxiety‐related and substance abuse disorders
Abstract Learning to associate cues or contexts with potential threats or rewards is adaptive and enhances survival. Both aversive and appetitive memories are therefore powerful drivers of behaviour, but the…