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  • Psychology
  • Addiction Research

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  • Cognitive flexibility, a key executive function, enables adaptation to changing environments.
  • Substance addiction is frequently associated with behavioral rigidity and impaired adaptability.
  • Executive dysfunction is a recognized characteristic of addiction, impacting cognitive control.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate cognitive flexibility deficits in individuals with methamphetamine dependence.
  • To compare objective task performance with subjective self-reports of cognitive flexibility.
  • To elucidate the role of cognitive flexibility impairments in methamphetamine addiction.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized three behavioral tasks: Intra-Dimensional (ID) and Extra-Dimensional (ED) task switching, and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST).
  • Included a subjective self-report measure to assess perceived cognitive flexibility.
  • Compared performance metrics (reaction time, accuracy, errors) between methamphetamine-dependent individuals and healthy controls.

Main Results:

  • Methamphetamine-dependent individuals exhibited increased reaction time switch costs in ID task switching.
  • Elevated accuracy switch costs were observed in ED task switching for the methamphetamine group.
  • The methamphetamine group made significantly more perseverative and non-perseverative errors on the WCST.
  • Self-reported cognitive flexibility scores were lower in the methamphetamine group, aligning with objective findings.

Conclusions:

  • Consistent cognitive flexibility impairments were identified at both behavioral and subjective levels in methamphetamine dependence.
  • These deficits encompass rule updating, strategic shifting, feedback-driven learning, and cognitive set shifting.
  • The findings indicate a core executive dysfunction in methamphetamine addiction, potentially hindering adaptive functioning.