TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Everyday and prospective memory deficits in ecstasy/polydrug users
JO  - Journal of psychopharmacology
A1  - Hadjiefthyvoulou, Florentia
A1  - Fisk, John E.
A1  - Montgomery, Catharine
A1  - Bridges, Nikola
SP  - 453
EP  - 464
VL  - 25
IS  - 4
N2  - The impact of ecstasy/polydrug use on real-world memory (i.e. everyday memory, cognitive failures and prospective memory [PM]) was investigated in a sample of 42 ecstasy/polydrug users and 31 non-ecstasy users. Laboratory-based PM tasks were administered along with self-reported measures of PM to test whether any ecstasy/polydrug-related impairment on the different aspects of PM was present. Self-reported measures of everyday memory and cognitive failures were also administered. Ecstasy/polydrug associated deficits were observed on both laboratory and self-reported measures of PM and everyday memory. The present study extends previous research by demonstrating that deficits in PM are real and cannot be simply attributed to self-misperceptions. The deficits observed reflect some general capacity underpinning both time- and event-based PM contexts and are not task specific. Among this group of ecstasy/polydrug users recreational use of cocaine was also prominently associated with PM deficits. Further research might explore the differential effects of individual illicit drugs on real-world memory.<p /> 
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SN  - 0269-8811
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269881109359101
ID  - ref1
ER  -