Cigarette smoking and nicotine gum (0, 2 and 4 mg): Effects upon four visual attention tasks

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 34-43

  Parrott, A C ^a   Craig, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arousal; Attention; Cigarette smoking; Nicotine; Nicotine chewing gum; Performance; Psychoactive drug

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINE GUM; PLACEBO; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOOD; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CHEWING GUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NICOTINE; PLACEBOS; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACIDS; POLYVINYLS; SMOKING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0026594678     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000118807     Document Type: Article

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