Table 11.
Resistance to change in behaviour, in postnatally MDMA-treated subjects, compared with placebo-treated subjects.
| Study | Recruitment | Population Sampled | No. Participants | Sexes | Ages | Oral MDMA Dose | Dosage Timing | Time till First Test | Relevant Tests | Relevant Results | Relevant Parameters Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| van Wel 2012 [127] | Newspaper adverts, word of mouth | Healthy, MDMA-experienced | 17 | 8 female, 9 male | 22.76 | 75 mg (~1.1 mg/kg) | 7/+ days apart | 105 mins. | Reversal learning | No effect | Response to changing rules of shapes presented |
| Vollenweider 2005 [123] | University hospital staff, medical school | Healthy, mostly MDMA-naïve | 42 | 10 female, 32 male | 25.4-27 | 1.5 mg/kg | Singular | 120 mins. | Decision-making rigidity | Increased likelihood of previous response predicting current response; fewer different strategies used, but frequency of switching unchanged | Degree to which previous response determines next response; changing of choice strategies, and the frequency of this change |