TY - JOUR
T1 - Concept attainment, tracking, and shifting in adolescent polydrug abusers
AU - Brandt, Jason
AU - Doyle, Laurie F.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1983/9
Y1 - 1983/9
N2 - Multiple drug use in adults has been shown to result in impaired functioning of the brain’s “frontal system,” producing deficits in concept tracking, shifting, and learning. In the present study, adolescents with histories of severe, though time-limited, polydrug abuse were found to perform as well as nonabusers on two very sensitive indicators of frontal system functioning. The results are discussed in terms of the natural history of drug-related neuropsychological deficits.
AB - Multiple drug use in adults has been shown to result in impaired functioning of the brain’s “frontal system,” producing deficits in concept tracking, shifting, and learning. In the present study, adolescents with histories of severe, though time-limited, polydrug abuse were found to perform as well as nonabusers on two very sensitive indicators of frontal system functioning. The results are discussed in terms of the natural history of drug-related neuropsychological deficits.
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U2 - 10.1097/00005053-198309000-00006
DO - 10.1097/00005053-198309000-00006
M3 - Article
C2 - 6886684
AN - SCOPUS:0020603442
SN - 0022-3018
VL - 171
SP - 559
EP - 563
JO - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
JF - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
IS - 9
ER -