Verbal learning and memory in adolescent cannabis users, alcohol users and non-users

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-144

  Solowij, Nadia ^a,b   Jones, Katy A ^a,c   Rozman, Megan E ^a   Davis, Sasha M ^a   Ciarrochi, Joseph ^a   Heaven, Patrick C L ^a   Lubman, Dan I ^c,d   Yücel, Murat ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Alcohol; Cannabis; Cognition; Marijuana; Verbal memory

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MORBIDITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECOGNITION; REY AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST; SEX; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959975886     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2203-x     Document Type: Article

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