THC in cannabis can bind to receptors that affect memory, attention, and coordination, and it can make time feel slower or reactions delayed. The effects of cannabis typically wear off within a few ...

New research from UC San Diego sheds light on how cannabis affects youth and their ability to maintain attention, react and retain information.

This is the last post in a three-part series. Parts 1 and 2 covered marijuana’s brain mechanism and seven short-term effects. Now, we’ll explore marijuana's long-term effects on the brain. Marijuana's ...

In part one of what marijuana really does to your brain, we traced the discovery of the cannabinoid receptor. Finding the receptor is the first step in determining how smoking causes a high. The next ...

Marijuana is far from a “silver bullet” for various illnesses, but it has some promising applications, scientists say ...

People using THC were more likely to remember things that never happened and struggled with daily memory tasks. Credit: ...

While cannabis has recently come under fire for potential negative health risks, a recent study suggests that its use could increase brain volume and cognitive fitness. Researchers at the University ...

A new UC San Diego study strengthens the growing body of evidence that marijuana use impacts adolescent brain development. Researchers observed slower gains in cognitive tests that measured memory, ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Dr. Francesca Filbey, a professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Dallas, has studied the effects of cannabis on the human brain for more than a decade. Her work focuses ...