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Montgomery, C, Fisk, JE, Newcombe, R, Wareing, M and Murphy, PN (2005) Syllogistic reasoning performance in MDMA (Ecstasy) users. EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 13 (2). pp. 137-145. ISSN 1064-1297
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Abstract
Previous research has demonstrated working memory and executive deficits in recreational users of MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine; Ecstasy). In turn, both of these constructs have been implicated in syllogistic reasoning performance. Twenty-two MDMA users (mean age=21.36) and 26 MDMA nonuser controls (mean age=21.31) were tested on syllogisms of varying difficulty and on measures of working memory and executive functioning. MDMA users were significantly impaired in aspects of syllogistic reasoning, and the effect remained significant after the authors controlled for the use of other drugs. However, the MDMA-related variance was reduced to below statistical significance following control for group differences in working memory span. The results are consistent with the possibility that MDMA-related deficits in aspects of executive functioning result in impaired reasoning performance among MDMA users. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)
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| Additional Information: | This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record.' |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1701 Psychology, 1115 Pharmacology And Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
| Divisions: | Natural Sciences & Psychology (closed 31 Aug 19) |
| Publisher: | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC/EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION |
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| Date Deposited: | 20 May 2015 13:23 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 14:22 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1037/1064-1297.13.2.137 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/1109 |
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