Associative processes, marijuana acute

Methods for Studying Acute and Chronic Effects of Marijuana on Human Associative Processes and Memory... 

This chapter summarizes the methods and results of studies in which the author examined the acute or chronic effects of marijuana on human associative processes and memory. Eleven tests used to assess marijuana s effects on associative processes, semantic memory, and episodic memory are described. 

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This chapter summarizes the methods and results of seven studies (1-7) in which the author examined the acute or chronic effects of marijuana on human associative processes and memory. Both semantic and episodic memory were examined. Semantic memory refers to memory for meanings of words, concepts, rules, abstract ideas, and so on, whereas episodic memory refers to memory for temporally dated episodes or events in a person s life, e.g., autobiographical information (8). Associative processes, semantic memory, and episodic memory were examined using three, three, and five different tests, respectively. The tests of associative processes, semantic memory, and episodic memory are listed in Tables 1-3, respectively, along with information about the results, the type of marijuana effects studied (i.e., acute or chronic), characteristics of subjects, periods of abstinence from marijuana use prior to testing, and doses of marijuana that were administered, if any. The results and other information in the tables may pro-... 

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