Khat use is associated with impaired working memory and cognitive flexibility

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Colzato, Lorenza S ^a   Ruiz, Manuel J ^a   van den Wildenberg, Wery P M ^b   Hommel, Bernhard ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CATHA EDULIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; AFRICA;

CANNABIS; CATHA EDULIS;

ADULT; AFRICA, EASTERN; CATHA; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS;

EID: 79958807981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020602     Document Type: Article

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