Journal article
Marijuana Effects on the Speed of Memory Retrieval in the Letter-Matching Task
Substance use & misuse, Vol.21(2), pp.281-285
1986
DOI: 10.3109/10826088609063457
PMID: 3486840
Abstract
Marijuana's effect on the speed of retrieving simple information from memory was studied using a task in which subjects saw two letters and decided whether or not they had the same name. Subjects smoked a single marijuana or placebo cigarette under double-blind conditions. Marijuana slowed reaction time relative to placebo, but this effect was not influenced by the demands on memory retrieval or by providing advance information relevant to the required decisions, suggesting that memory retrieval was unimpaired.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Marijuana Effects on the Speed of Memory Retrieval in the Letter-Matching Task
- Creators
- Robert I Block - 1Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242J. R Wittenborn - 2Interdisciplinary Research Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Substance use & misuse, Vol.21(2), pp.281-285
- Publisher
- Informa UK Ltd
- DOI
- 10.3109/10826088609063457
- PMID
- 3486840
- ISSN
- 1082-6084
- eISSN
- 1532-2491
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1986
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9984007196002771
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