Importance of environmental distractors in the effects of nicotine on short-term memory

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-216

  Grobe, James E ^a   Perkins, Kenneth A ^b   Goettler Good, Jennifer ^b   Wilson, Annette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REINFORCEMENT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SMOKING CESSATION; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NICOTINE; REACTION TIME; SMOKING;

EID: 0031746172     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1064-1297.6.2.209     Document Type: Article

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