Impulsivity, attention, memory, and decision-making among adolescent marijuana users

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-319

  Dougherty, Donald M ^a   Mathias, Charles W ^a   Dawes, Michael A ^a   Furr, R Michael ^b   Charles, Nora E ^a   Liguori, Anthony ^c   Shannon, Erin E ^c   Acheson, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attention; Cannabis; Impulsivity; Marijuana; Memory

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CANNABIS SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SMOKING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CANNABIS; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84877109874     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-012-2908-5     Document Type: Article

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