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The Long-Term Effects Of Cannabis On Attention To Motion, Rachel Mccaig
The Long-Term Effects Of Cannabis On Attention To Motion, Rachel Mccaig
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The purpose of the following study was to investigate the long-term effects of cannabis use on attention to motion.
Methods: Cannabis users, who varied in age of onset of use, were compared to control participants after abstaining from cannabis for at least 24 hours. One-hundred and ninety-seven participants engaged in a cognitive assessment followed by a motion discrimination task and an attention to motion task. The assessment consisted of a series of standard tasks that measured a range of cognitive processes such as attention, memory, and executive functioning. The motion discrimination task assessed the participants’ abilities in discriminating between various …