ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2019
Contribution of cannabis-related cues to concurrent reinforcer choice in humans.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Concurrent validity of the marijuana purchase task: a meta-analysis of trait-level cannabis demand and cannabis involvement.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2023Pooled it
- Sexual discounting: A systematic review of discounting processes and sexual behavior.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2021Pooled it
- Artificial Intelligence Approximates Human Affect Ratings of Cannabis Images.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- The subjective value of social context in people who use cannabis.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2024Article
- Benzodiazepine Use and Dependence in Relation to Chronic Pain Intensity and Pain Catastrophizing.The journal of pain · 2023Article
- Using Crowdsourcing for Alcohol and Nicotine Use Research: Prevalence, Data Quality, and Attrition on Amazon Mechanical Turk.Substance use & misuse · 2022Article
- The importance of psychology for shaping legal cannabis regulation.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2021Review
- Contribution of alcohol- and cigarette-related cues to concurrent reinforcer choice in humans.Behavioural processes · 2020Article
- Assessing Cannabis Demand: A Comprehensive Review of the Marijuana Purchase Task.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundDrug-related cues play a critical role in the development and persistence of substance use disorder. Few human laboratory studies have evaluated how these cues contribute to decisions between concurrently presented reinforcers, and none have examined the specific role of cannabis cues. This study evaluated the contribution of cannabis-related cues to concurrent monetary reinforcer choice in humans.
methodsParticipants with a cannabis use history (i.e., use in the past two weeks and 50 or more lifetime uses; n = 71) and controls without this history (i.e., 5 or less lifetime uses; n = 79) were recruited using Amazon Mechanical Turk. A cued concurrent choice task was used in which cannabis trials presented two cues (one cannabis and one neutral) side-by-side followed by concurrent monetary offers below each image. The primary dependent measure was choice for cannabis-cued monetary reinforcers on equal value trials. Secondary analyses evaluated individual difference variables related to choice bias.
resultsParticipants in the cannabis group showed a significant bias for cannabis-cued choices (mean 76.0%) whereas participants in the control group showed a significant bias against cannabis-cued choices (mean 30.3%). Reaction times on cannabis trials were faster than neutral filler trials and did not differ by group. Cannabis-cued choice was significantly associated with more frequent cannabis use (r = .44), higher cannabis demand intensity (r = .28), and lower cannabis elasticity (r = -.30).
conclusionsThese findings suggest that cannabis-related cues can influence reinforcer choice and potentially promote disadvantageous decision-making related to non-drug reinforcers.
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