Table 3.
Scores of adolescent marijuana users and Non-users on cognitive measures.
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| Non-users n = 48 | Marijuana Users n = 45 | ||||
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| Cognitive Domain/Testing Instruments | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | t | df | p-value |
| Attention | |||||
| RVP Total Correct Identifications | 16.7 (4.5) | 15.6 (4.4) | 1.6 | 91 | .111 |
| IMT Correct Detections | 83.7 (8.8) | 78.4 (10.8) | 2.6 | 91 | .011 |
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| Memory | |||||
| B-P Total Recall | 32.6 (8.7) | 25.1 (8.2) | 4.3 | 91 | .000 |
| BSRT Total Recall | 121.2 (15.1) | 112.5 (18.2) | 2.5 | 91 | .014 |
| BSRT CLTR | 90.7 (36.1) | 79.0 (35.8) | 1.6 | 91 | .121 |
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| Decision Making | |||||
| ID/ED Total Errors (Adj.) | 25.3 (21.6) | 37.5 (22.0) | 2.7 | 91 | .008 |
| IGT Total Difference Score | −5.9 (27.4) | −8.9 (22.1) | .59 | 91 | .559 |
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| Impulsivity | |||||
| IMT Commission Errors | 38.9 (12.4) | 36.6 (13.7) | .86 | 91 | .395 |
| GoStop Inhibition Failures-150 ms | 5.0 (3.5) | 6.5 (4.1) | 1.9 | 91 | .058 |
| TCIP Total Short Responses | 9.7 (11.0) | 19.2 (15.2) | 3.5 | 91 | .001 |
| SKIP Total Responses | 438.2 (1034.4) | 249.5 (584.9) | 1.1 | 91 | .286 |
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| General Intellectual Ability | |||||
| WASI Full-Scale Score | 100.1 (13.9) | 95.4 (10.5) | 1.9 | 91 | .066 |