Nicotine stimulus expectancy differentially affects reaction time in healthy nonsmokers and smokers depending on sex: A pilot study

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 181-187

  Weimer, Katja ^a   Horing, Björn ^a   Stürmer, Julian ^a   Klosterhalfen, Sibylle ^a   Zipfel, Stephan ^a   Enck, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NICOTINE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882571265     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: 19362293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031833     Document Type: Article

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