Ecstasy users can lose the their ability to remember basic tasks, suggests a new study.
The study, led by Dr Peter Rendell, a researcher at the Australian Catholic University, stated that even the infrequent users of drugs can forget to do basic errands, because of their memory.“When we have to remember actions/intentions for the future, such as remembering to take medicine, make a phone call or turn off appliances, we call that prospective memory,” News.com.au quoted Rendell, as saying.
“We know that ecstasy has a detrimental effect on our general recall of past events… but it also has a proven impact on our ability to remember regular and one-off tasks which still need to be done,” he added.
The finding was made on the basis of a special board game that tested different types of prospective memory tasks.
Volunteers in the study who had used ecstasy had problems remembering both one-off and regular tasks.
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“Importantly, ecstasy users experience generalised difficulties with prospective memory, suggesting that these deficits are likely to have important implications for day-to-day functioning,” he added.
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