SMOKING, PROCESSING SPEED AND ATTENTION IN A CHOICE-REACTION TIME TASK

被引：39

作者：

BATES, T ^{[1
]}

MANGAN, G ^{[1
]}

STOUGH, C ^{[1
]}

CORBALLIS, P ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] COLUMBIA UNIV,NEW YORK,NY

来源：

PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY | 1995年 / 120卷 / 02期

关键词：

INFORMATION PROCESSING; ATTENTION; DECISION TIME; NICOTINE; SMOKING;

D O I：

10.1007/BF02246195

中图分类号：

Q189 [神经科学];

学科分类号：

071006 ;

摘要：

Nineteen subjects performed a choice reaction time task in which two levels of choice (two and four stimuli), and two levels of spatial attention (narrow and wide) were manipulated under each of two smoking conditions: sham smoking (denicotinised cigarette) or regular smoking (0.8 mg nicotine cigarette). All three factors significantly affected reaction time, with the smallest reaction times being recorded to the two-choice narrow grouped stimuli recorded under the high nicotine condition. Nicotine appears to speed decision time for both complex and hard-to-attend tasks, which is compatible with a role for nicotinic receptors in systems jointly mediating attention, memory and processing speed.

引用

页码：209 / 212

页数：4

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