Investigating the interaction between schizotypy, divergent thinking and cannabis use

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 292-298

  Schafer, Gráinne ^a   Feilding, Amanda ^b   Morgan, Celia J A ^a   Agathangelou, Maria ^a   Freeman, Tom P ^a   Valerie Curran, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b THE BECKLEY FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Creativity; Schizotypy

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CANNABIS SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOTYPY; THINKING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; CREATIVENESS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84857502078     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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