Meta-analysis of the acute effects of nicotine and smoking on human performance

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 453-469

  Heishman, Stephen J ^a   Kleykamp, Bethea A ^b   Singleton, Edward G ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STEVENSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Memory; Motor; Nicotine; Nonsmokers; Performance; Smokers; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; PLACEBO;

ACCURACY; ALERTNESS; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DOSE RESPONSE; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; ORIENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SMOKING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MEMORY; MOTOR SKILLS; NICOTINE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SMOKING;

EID: 77955663393     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-010-1848-1     Document Type: Review

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