Altered attentional control strategies but spared executive functioning in chronic cannabis users.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence December 1, 2017 Amy T Nusbaum, Paul Whitney, Carrie Cuttler et al.
Cannabis use has increased rapidly in recent decades. The increase in cannabis use makes it important to understand the potential influence of chronic use on attentional control and other executive functions (EFs). Because cannabis is often used to reduce stress, and because stress can constrain attentional control and EFs, the primary goal of this study was to determine the joint effect of...
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.09.019 (opens in new tab)
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Attentional control
Cannabis use
Cognitive flexibility
Executive functions
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