The effects of smoking on selective attention as measured by startle reflex, skin conductance, and heart rate responses to auditory startle stimuli

Psychophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-24

  Greenstein, Justin E ^a   Kassel, Jon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Electrodermal; Heart rate; Normal volunteers; Pharmacology; Startle blink

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOUDNESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STARTLE REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 72549091055     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00882.x     Document Type: Article

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