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Damla Aksen Yale NEA-BPD 2023 Conference Video

May 03, 2023
  • 00:00Hi everyone, I'm Bum Laksam
  • 00:02from Suni Binghamton and I will
  • 00:04present an overview of our work
  • 00:06on the impacts of working memory,
  • 00:08load and emotional reliance on
  • 00:10state and positivity and emotional
  • 00:12regulation and chronic cannabis
  • 00:13users and non cannabis users.
  • 00:17We employed A2 by three mixed model design.
  • 00:21Our community participant poll
  • 00:23consisted of 233 individuals
  • 00:25after removing random responders.
  • 00:27As for tasks, we utilize the mback
  • 00:30task with images from the IOPS
  • 00:32database as well as the latest
  • 00:33counting and probability task and we
  • 00:35have some other self report measures.
  • 00:40We can see here in the results that
  • 00:42both cannabis users and non users
  • 00:44exhibited significantly greater
  • 00:46impulsive responding following the
  • 00:47high working memory load task compared
  • 00:49to the low working memory load task.
  • 00:52Additionally, we found that non cannabis
  • 00:55users experienced significantly
  • 00:57greater difficulties and emotion
  • 00:58regulation compared to cannabis users.
  • 01:04Here are some Mary interesting findings.
  • 01:06After the low working memory task,
  • 01:09cannabis users and the positive and
  • 01:11neutral emotion conditions exhibited
  • 01:13greater impulsive responding.
  • 01:14However, after the high working memory task,
  • 01:17non cannabis users in the negative
  • 01:20emotion condition demonstrated greater
  • 01:22levels of impulsive responding.
  • 01:24And last, cannabis users demonstrated more
  • 01:27difficulty in emotional regulation in the
  • 01:30positive and negative emotion conditions
  • 01:32as compared to non cannabis users.
  • 01:34These findings highlight the complex
  • 01:36relations among working memory,
  • 01:38emotional states,
  • 01:38and positivity and emotional regulation
  • 01:41among cannabis users and non users and
  • 01:43indicate that chronic cannabis use may
  • 01:45be associated with both compensatory
  • 01:47and deleterious effects on working
  • 01:49memory and self regulatory systems.
  • 01:51Thank you and please let me know
  • 01:54if you have any questions.