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9566276

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-6-16
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of synthetic tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on event-related brain potentials (ERPs) were assessed in 19 healthy male volunteers while they performed a visual continuous word recognition task. The study used a double-blind cross-over design. Specifically, word lists were manipulated to contain an equal number of emotionally neutral, negative, and positive words. Most words were repeated after several intervening items with the subject's task to classify each word as old (previously seen) or new. Behaviorally, a decrease in recognition rate was observed under THC but no influence of the emotional charge of a word on recognition rate was seen. The ERPs showed a typical difference between old and new words taking the form of an enhanced positivity for old words beginning 250 ms poststimulus. The effects of THC were confined to the positive words, for which an enhancement of the positivity to the old words was seen. This effect was interpreted in terms of a congruity of the drug-induced mood state and the material to be recognized. The dissociation between ERPs and behavioral indices suggested that the former primarily reflect implicit memory processes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0302-282X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
104-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
The effects of tetrahydrocannabinol on the recognition of emotionally charged words: an analysis using event-related brain potentials.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Psychiatry, Medical School of Hannover, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't