Association of abnormal semantic processing with delusion-like ideation in frequent cannabis users: An electrophysiological study

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-104

  Kiang, Michael ^a   Christensen, Bruce K ^a   Streiner, David L ^a   Roy, Carolyn ^a   Patriciu, Iulia ^a   Zipursky, Robert B ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Cognition; Delusions; Electrophysiology; Event related potentials; Humans; Language; Paranoid behavior; Psychosis; Semantics

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMANTIC MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WAVEFORM; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELUSIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MEMORY; NERVE NET; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872362604     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-012-2800-3     Document Type: Article

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