Paulo Jannuzzi Cunha

TL;DR: Early-onset chronic cannabis users exhibited poorer cognitive performance than controls and late-ONSet users in executive functioning, suggesting that chronic cannabis use, when started before age 15, may have more deleterious effects on neurocognitive functioning.

TL;DR: In this paper, a bateria de testes neuropsicologicos foi aplicada a 15 dependentes of cocaina, em abstinencia por duas semanas, em tratamento em regime de internacao, and em 15 sujeitos controles, nao usuarios de drogas, pareados por idade, sex, escolaridade, nivel socio-economico, lateralidade e QI.

TL;DR: The results suggested a negative impact of alcohol, cannabis, and cocaine use on the ECF, and the FAB may be useful in assisting professionals as an instrument to screen for ECF-related deficits in SDI.

TL;DR: Brain dysfunction related to frontal lobe has direct implications on treatment, by the choosing of strategies and for prognostic evaluation, and an easy tool to screen cognitive impairments, the Frontal Assessment Battery--FAB is presented.

TL;DR: Disadvantageous choices on the Iowa Gambling Task were associated with higher levels of social dysfunction in CCDI, suggesting the ecological validity of the IGT, but the nature of this association should be further investigated.