Prospective and Retrospective Memory Deficits Associated with Androgenic Anabolic Steroid Use
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Prospective and Retrospective Memory Deficits Associated with Androgenic Anabolic Steroid Use
The recreational use of androgenic anabolic steroids (AAS) has been associated with a range of health and psychological problems in the past, but very little research has considered what impact AAS might have upon cognition and memory. The present study aimed to identify whether the recreational use of AAS is linked to deficits in everyday retrospective memory (RM) and everyday prospective memo...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Open Addiction Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1874-9410
DOI: 10.2174/1874941001407010017