Cannabis involvement and neuropsychological performance: findings from the Human Connectome Project
Author(s) -
Tashia Petker,
Max M. Owens,
Michael Amlung,
Assaf Oshri,
Lawrence H. Sweet,
James MacKillop
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of psychiatry and neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.767
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1488-2434
pISSN - 1180-4882
DOI - 10.1503/jpn.180115
Subject(s) - cannabis , psychology , neuropsychology , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , cognition , psychomotor learning , episodic memory , executive functions , effects of cannabis , confounding , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , cannabidiol , pathology
There is evidence that heavy cannabis use is associated with decrements in cognitive performance, but findings are mixed and studies are often limited by small sample sizes and narrow adjustment for potential confounding variables. In a comparatively large sample, the current study examined associations between multiple indicators of cannabis use in relation to performance on a variety of neuropsychological tasks.
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