Nadia Solowij

Cannabis and Cognitive Functioning

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book reviews the cognitive effects of cannabis and presents findings on the consequences of long-term use.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 655g
• ISBN-13: 9780521591140
• ISBN-10: 0521591147
• Artikelnr.: 21235559

Inhaltsangabe

Author's acknowledgements
1. Statement of the problem
Part I. A Review of the Literature: 2. Cannabis the drug
3. Acute effects of cannabis on cognitive functioning
4. Evidence for brain damage associated with the long-term use of cannabis
5. Chronic effects of cannabis on cognitive functioning
6. Selective attention and event-related potentials (ERPs)
Part II. Research: 7. An event-related potential study of attentional processes in long-term cannabis users
8. An investigation of the effects of frequency and duration of cannabis use
9. An investigation of the reversibility of cognitive impairment in ex-cannabis users
10. A single case study of cessation of cannabis use
11. Anxiety, psychopathology and the qualitative experience of long-term use of cannabis
12. Summary, synthesis and conclusions
Appendix
References
Index.