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Syllogistic Reasoning Performance in MDMA (Ecstasy) Users.

Year: 2005

Type: article

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.

Source: Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

DOI: 10.1037/1064-1297.13.2.137

Authors: Catharine Montgomery, John E. Fisk, Russell Newcombe, Michelle Wareing, Philip N. Murphy

Institutions: Liverpool John Moores University, Edge Hill University

Language: English

Topic: Psychedelics and Drug Studies

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2033407176