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Thomas M. Heffernan
Researcher at Northumbria University
Publications - 61
Citations - 2205
Thomas M. Heffernan is an academic researcher from Northumbria University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Prospective memory & Ecstasy. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 61 publications receiving 2100 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas M. Heffernan include University of Manchester.
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Increased intensity of Ecstasy and polydrug usage in the more experienced recreational Ecstasy/MDMA users: a WWW study.
Andrew Scholey,Andrew C. Parrott,Thomas A. Buchanan,Thomas M. Heffernan,Jonathan Ling,Jacqui Rodgers +5 more
TL;DR: The increased use of Ecstasy is associated with more intensive patterns of Ec ecstasy/MDMA intake, and the greater use of illicit CNS stimulants and hallucinogens, but not of alcohol, nicotine, or cannabis.
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Ecstasy/MDMA attributed problems reported by novice, moderate and heavy recreational users
TL;DR: Depression, memory problems, anxiety, mood fluctuation, poor concentration, infections, tremors/twitches and weight loss, were all significantly associated with the extent of Ecstasy use.
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Prospective memory, everyday cognitive failure and central executive function in recreational users of Ecstasy
TL;DR: The three studies reported here suggest that Ecstasy users have impaired PM that cannot be explained by an increased propensity to exaggerate cognitive failures, and may be attributable, in part, to central executive deficits that are due to frontal lobe damage associated with Ecstasy use.
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Nonequivalence of on-line and paper-and-pencil psychological tests: The case of the prospective memory questionnaire
Thomas A. Buchanan,Tarick Ali,Thomas M. Heffernan,Jonathan Ling,Andrew C. Parrott,Jacqui Rodgers,Andrew Scholey +6 more
TL;DR: The prospective memory questionnaire (PMQ) was used in an on-line study exploring links between drug use and memory, and only two factors could be recovered; the other two subscales were essentially meaningless.
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Differential effects of Ecstasy and cannabis on self-reports of memory ability: a web-based study.
TL;DR: It was found that cannabis was associated with reports of ‘here‐and‐now’ cognitive problems in short‐term and internally cued prospective memory, and Ecstasy was associatedWith reports of long‐term memory problems, which were more related to storage and retrieval difficulties.