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Beschreibung: Cognitive testing using the fully computerized Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) offers a viable and time-efficient method to assess cognitive functions such as attention, working memory, declarative memory, and executive functions.
Sociodemographic characteristics, including age, sex, socioeconomic status, education, or migration status, as well as less well-known factors such as gaming experience, have been found to be associated with cognitive performance.
However, while most studies address sociodemographic effects in the context of cognitive decline, a comprehensive overview of sociodemographic associations, specifically with CANTAB performance among younger adults, is still lacking.
The student will be able to decide, in exchange with the supervisor, which sociodemographic characteristics will be investigated for their thesis.
This thesis can be written in English or German.
Abbott, R. A., Skirrow, C., Jokisch, M., Timmers, M., Streffer, J., van Nueten, L., Krams, M., Winkler, A., Pundt, N., Nathan, P. J., Rock, P., Cormack, F. K., & Weimar, C. (2019). Normative data from linear and nonlinear quantile regression in CANTAB: Cognition in mid-to-late life in an epidemiological sample. Alzheimer?s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 11, 36?44. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.DADM.2018.10.007
Bediou, B., Adams, D. M., Mayer, R. E., Tipton, E., Green, C. S., & Bavelier, D. (2018). Meta-analysis of action video game impact on perceptual, attentional, and cognitive skills. Psychological Bulletin, 144(1), 77?110. https://doi.org/10.1037/BUL0000130
Bloomberg, M., Dugravot, A., Sommerlad, A., Kivimäki, M., Singh-Manoux, A., & Sabia, S. (2023). Comparison of sex differences in cognitive function in older adults between high- and middle-income countries and the role of education: a population-based multicohort study. Age and Ageing, 52(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/AGEING/AFAD019
Kontakt: Lydia Johnson-Ferguson, E-Mail
Beschreibung: Medical opioids are among the most used medicines worldwide. Even though it is a crucial drug often prescribed to people who experience chronic pain, it is also a substance that is used for recreational purposes. According to the World Drug Report 2023, it is the substance that causes the most significant amount of severe drug-related harm, including fatal overdoses.
A recent systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of long-term use of opioids in patients with chronic noncancer pain revealed that opioid use can have detrimental effects on cognitive functions. Opioids can reduce attention, and this effect is even enhanced when opioids are being used together with antidepressants and/or anticonvulsants. Another very recent review found that chronic high-dose opioid use is related to amnesiac effects and lessened cognitive functioning. Even though this area has received increased interest in recent years, a more nuanced understanding of the effects of opioid use is much needed.
The student will be able to decide, in exchange with the supervisor, whether they want to focus on opioids or specifically on codeine.
This thesis can be written in English or German.
Allegri, N., Mennuni, S., Rulli, E., Vanacore, N., Corli, O., Floriani, I., De Simone, I., Allegri, M., Govoni, S., Vecchi, T., Sandrini, G., Liccione, D., & Biagioli, E. (2019). Systematic Review and Meta?Analysis on Neuropsychological Effects of Long?Term Use of Opioids in Patients With Chronic Noncancer Pain. Pain Practice, 19(3), 328?343. https://doi.org/10.1111/papr.12741
Bennett, M. T., Modna, Y., & Shah, D. K. (2024). The Impact of Opioid Drugs on Memory and Other Cognitive Functions: A Review. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 12(04), 264?287. https://doi.org/10.4236/jbm.2024.124021
Kroll, S. L., Nikolic, E., Bieri, F., Soyka, M., Baumgartner, M. R., & Quednow, B. B. (2018). Cognitive and socio-cognitive functioning of chronic non-medical prescription opioid users. Psychopharmacology, 235(12), 3451?3464. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-018-5060-z
Kontakt: Lydia Johnson-Ferguson, E-Mail
Beschreibung: Cocaine is one of the mostly widely used drugs in the world. It carries a multitude of health risks, from cardiovascular impairments to addiction. However, little is known about the mental health risks associated with cocaine use, such as depression and anxiety. Furthermore, while functional outcomes (e.g. homelessness, debt) is documented in chronic cocaine users, little is known about outcomes associated with recreational use.
A recent analysis of young adults in urban Switzerland found that almost a quarter of 24-year-olds had cocaine detectable in hair, marking at least one occasion of use in the previous three months. Therefore, it is imperative to assess what consequences cocaine use can have.
The student will be able to decide, in exchange with the supervisor, which outcome associated with cocaine use to investigate for their thesis.
This thesis should preferably be written in English, but German will be allowed as well.
Washton, A. M., & Gold, M. S. (1984). Chronic cocaine abuse: Evidence for adverse effects on health and functioning. Psychiatric Annals, 14(10), 733-743.
Lévesque, A., Roy, É., Jutras-Aswad, D., Zang, G., Artenie, A. A., & Bruneau, J. (2016). Examining the link between psychological distress, mental health disorders and sharing behaviors among cocaine users. Addictive behaviors, 62, 54-59.
Chamberlain, S. R., Lust, K., & Grant, J. E. (2021). Cocaine use in university students: relationships with demographics, mental health, risky sexual practices, and trait impulsivity. CNS spectrums, 26(5), 501-508.
Kontakt: Lydia Johnson-Ferguson, E-Mail
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