Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry researchers have shown that chronic exposure during adolescence to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive component of cannabis, may induce long-lasting memory impairments and increased anxiety levels.
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After tough times, pre-teens’ brains wired for rewards
Adversity leads pre-teens to be more impulsive by making their brains more sensitive to rewards, a new Western University study has found. The study, entitled “Ventral striatal activity links adversity and reward processing in children,” is published in...