Neural correlates of performance monitoring in chronic cannabis users and cannabis-naïve controls

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 515-525

  Fridberg, Daniel J ^a   Skosnik, Patrick D ^b   Hetrick, William P ^a,c   O'Donnell, Brian F ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; error positivity; error related negativity; event related potentials; P3

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ERROR POSITIVITY; ERROR RELATED NEGATIVITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; URINALYSIS;

CANNABIS; ERROR POSITIVITY; ERROR-RELATED NEGATIVITY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS; P3;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878022357     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881113477745     Document Type: Article

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