Nicotine decreases attentional bias to negative-affect-related Stroop words among smokers

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1029-1036

  Rzetelny, Adam ^a   Gilbert, David ^a   Hammersley, Jonathan ^a   Radtke, Robert ^a   Rabinovich, Norka ^a   Small, Stacey ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINE PATCH; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SEMANTICS; SMOKING; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; CUES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GANGLIONIC STIMULANTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 47349099729     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14622200802097514     Document Type: Article

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