Visuospatial tasks suppress craving for cigarettes

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 476-485

  May, Jon ^a   Andrade, Jackie ^a   Panabokke, Nathalie ^b   Kavanagh, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brief intervention; Cigarette craving; Cognition; Imagery; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SMOKING CESSATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MOTIVATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTIVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952877595     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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