Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2013/Cannabis and emotion

Teamwork

Hi, i'm doing nicotine and emotion I will be interested to see how our information differs. Especially considering that cannabis consumption usually involves a more pure thc product whereas nicotine is mostly smoked in cigarettes which are filtered, use additives, other chemicals etc. Is there any definitive or recent revealing research showing effectual differences between nicotine and cannabis on emotion? Does their consumption both provide similar or differing rewarding/aversive emotional effects? If you happen to find anything interesting more related to nicotine in your searches i'd love to have at it ;) Also, I suppose a major question would be, are there long term emotional effects of cannabis consumption or is it more restricted to short term effects? Does cannabis consumption contribute to development of or effect pre-existing psychopathologies? I'll send you any neat stuff I come across that might be relevant to your chapter.

Thanks! Best of luck! PatrickBateman (discuss • contribs) 03:26, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

Hey there, I am not sure if this chapter is still up and running but whenever I think of substance use I remember the classic spider-web experiment. Experimenters administered drugs to spiders and observed how this affected their ability to create a web. I have attached a youtube clip for your interest, I find it very interesting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmpquNqXQaA Rashpocket (discuss • contribs) 23:29, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Ideas?

Hi, I'm doing the effects of alcohol and emotion, so like the person doing nicotine and emotion I'm really curious to see where this chapter is going. I have found that the physiological effects are particularly interesting when looking at emotion especially for depressants which I believe that Cannabis is. I found a great resource on psychobiological responses due to cannabis, might be worth a look!

) GOOD LUCK! SO CLOSE NOW! JodieVeitch (discuss • contribs)

Somaini, L. (2012). Psychobiological responses to unpleasant emotions in cannabis users. European Archives Of Psychiatry & Clinical Neuroscience, 262(1), 47-57.

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Overall Overall, this is a well-balanced and well-informed chapter about the effects of Cannabis on emotion. The strength of the chapter is probably in the overall structure and incorporation of cited research. The main area for improvement is in the quality of written expression, particularly the grammar. Theory Some health theories are usefully applied to helping explain Cannabis use. Perhaps some more emphasis on emotion-related theory would be useful. Impressively, the chapter adopts an objective perspective. Stress-diathesis model (although not named as such) with regard to cannabis use as a risk factor for schizophrenia. Research Excellent consideration of short- and long-term effects. Are there experimental studies of controlled administation of THC and measurement of the effects of emotions? Hope much of the emotional effects can be attributed to non-pharacological factors e.g., classical conditioning? Where possible, consider effect sizes. Any meta-analytic research that can be cited? Written expression The chapter is well-structured. There was some consistent grammatical errors - see my edits. Limited to no use of wiki links e.g., to related book chapters or Wikipedia articles. Limited use of images. Quiz was a useful interactive learning feature - especially with the feedback for incorrect answers. Add italics for APA style in references.

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 10:29, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Multimedia feedback

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Overall Overall, this presentation provides a basic screencast with narrated audio to communicate a summary of the book chapter. Structure and content No title page? (It takes approximately 1 minute to start establishing the topic? Could the first minute be crunched into 15 seconds, allowing more time to discuss the key theory and research? What is the the focus of the presentation (not covered until 1:30 mins) Theory/theories? Research (references?) Any key studies to highlight? What are the emotional benefits? What are the risks? Communication Consider covering less content (just pick out the key points) which would allow for a slower-paced presentation. Take a breath between sentences and a pause between slides. The audio felt rushed. Production quality Prezi worked well as the slide platform. Text-size was a bit on the small side. Consider presenting less text on the screen and increasing the font size of presented text. Copyright license for images? The presentation was CC-licensed - well done.

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 20:03, 8 December 2013 (UTC)