Ecstasy (MDMA) Does Not Have Long-Term Effects on Aggressive Interpretative Bias: A Study Comparing Current and Ex-Ecstasy Users With Polydrug and Drug-Naive Controls

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 351-358

  Hoshi, Rosa ^a   Cohen, Lisa ^a   Lemanski, Lucy ^a   Piccini, Paola ^b   Bond, Alyson ^c   Curran, H Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aggression; cognitive bias; ecstasy; interpretative bias; MDMA

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; LYSERGIDE; SEROTONIN;

ABSTINENCE; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERPRETATIVE BIAS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; RESPONSE TIME; SELF CONCEPT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME;

EID: 34548830477     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1064-1297.15.4.351     Document Type: Article

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