Can brain games help smokers quit?: Results of a randomized clinical trial

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 168, Issue , 2016, Pages 112-118

  Loughead, James ^a   Falcone, Mary ^a   Wileyto, E Paul ^a   Albelda, Benjamin ^a   Audrain McGovern, Janet ^a   Cao, Wen ^a   Kurtz, Matthew M ^b   Gur, Ruben C ^c   Lerman, Caryn ^a  

^a University of PA   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive training; Executive function; Nicotine dependence; Nicotine withdrawal; Smoking cessation; Working memory

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE PATCH; NICOTINE; NICOTINE GUM; NICOTINIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; COGNITIVE EXERCISE TRAINING; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SMOKING HABIT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; REACTION TIME; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TOBACCO USE CESSATION PRODUCTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84994285995     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.08.621     Document Type: Article

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