Prompt but inefficient: Nicotine differentially modulates discrete components of attention

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 667-680

  Vangkilde, Signe ^a   Bundesen, Claus ^a   Coull, Jennifer T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Human; Memory; Nicotine; Non smoker; Perceptual processing speed; Selectivity; Smoker

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINE GUM; PLACEBO;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG HALF LIFE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SMOKING CESSATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955249118     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2361-x     Document Type: Article

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