Re:Younger cannabis users have reduced brain function, finds...
by roguecoder on Thursday January 30, 2025 @04:08PM
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[citations needed], though of course first you will need to define "intelligence".
The studies[1] I've seen found increased visuospatial memory and verbal fluency in the immediate aftermath of use, but decreased cognitive flexibility. Given that cognitive flexibility has been founded to have a significant impact on programming tasks [2], that seems particularly bad for this crowd.
[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S09249... [2] https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9611030