New MRI Study Reveals How Cannabis Alters Brain Activity and Weakens Memory

New MRI Study Reveals How Cannabis Alters Brain Activity and Weakens Memory

A massive new study sheds light on how cannabis affects the brain, particularly during cognitive tasks. Researchers analyzed over 1,000 young adults and found that both heavy lifetime use and recent cannabis consumption significantly reduced brain activity during working memory tasks. This impairment was linked to worse performance on tasks requiring focus, problem-solving, and instruction-following. [...]

Editorial – Cannabis study raised another concern about legalization – News-Gazette

Another research study, this one published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open, reports that both recent and lifetime cannabis users run the risks of sustaining a decline in “brain function during cognitive tasks.”

Frequent Cannabis Use May Damage Working Memory, Study Finds

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Largest Study Ever On Cannabis And Brain Function Reveals Negative Impact On Memory

Cannabis marijuana farming for THC CBD The results of the largest study ever conducted on cannabis and brain function has revealed a negative impact on working memory caused by recent or heavy use. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, working memory is the active maintenance and flexible updating of goal/task relevant information (items, goals, strategies, etc.) in a form that has limited capacity and resists interference. “As c…

Can Cannabis Affect Memory? Largest Study Yet Investigates

Cannabis use has increased significantly. Scientists have found that heavy cannabis use may negatively impact a person’s working memory.

It has been known for some time that smoking weed is not very good for the brain. But what exactly goes wrong was not clear. Now there is a new large study that shows more precisely what the effect of cannabis use is on brain activity. And that does not look good. The researchers scanned the brains of […] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl .