Processing dynamic facial affect in frequent cannabis-users: Evidence of deficits in the speed of identifying emotional expressions

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 27-32

  Platt, Bradley ^a   Kamboj, Sunjeev ^a   Morgan, Celia J A ^a   Curran, H Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affective processing; Cannabis; Depression; Drug abuse

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYNAMIC EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION RECOGNITION TASK; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MIND IN THE EYES TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REACTION TIME; SADNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AFFECT; BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

CANNABIS;

EID: 78049349041     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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