A COMPARISON OF THE INFORMATION-PROCESSING RATES OF NONSMOKERS AND CIGARETTE-DEPRIVED SMOKERS

被引:2
作者
BATES, TC [1 ]
EYSENCK, HJ [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV LONDON,INST PSYCHIAT,DEPT PSYCHOL,LONDON SE5 8AF,ENGLAND
关键词
D O I
10.1016/0191-8869(94)90054-X
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The performance of 88 smokers and non-smokers was assessed on reaction time, inspection time, and choice reaction time tasks. In addition personality measures and the evoked potential string length measure of brain efficiency were recorded. Intelligence was measured in a subsample of 70 subjects. Smokers deprived Of nicotine for a minimum of 2 hr showed no significant differences on any of the measured variables. The implications of this finding for deprivation models of smoking-related enhancement of information processing speed are discussed.
引用
收藏
页码:855 / 858
页数:4
相关论文
共 26 条
[1]   STRING LENGTH, ATTENTION AND INTELLIGENCE - FOCUSED ATTENTION REVERSES THE STRING LENGTH IQ RELATIONSHIP [J].
BATES, T ;
EYSENCK, HJ .
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, 1993, 15 (04) :363-371
[2]   EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON SIMPLE AND CHOICE-REACTION TIME [J].
BATES, T ;
PELLETT, O ;
STOUGH, C ;
MANGAN, G .
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 1994, 114 (02) :365-368
[3]  
BATES T, UNPUB PERSONALITY IN
[4]  
BATES T, UNPUB INTELLIGENCE
[5]   INTELLIGENCE, INSPECTION TIME, AND DECISION TIME [J].
BATES, TC ;
EYSENCK, HJ .
INTELLIGENCE, 1993, 17 (04) :523-531
[6]  
Benowitz NL, 1990, NICOTINE PSYCHOPHARM, P112
[7]  
CHERRY N, 1976, BRIT J PREV SOC MED, V30, P123
[8]   EFFECTS OF POST-LEARNING SMOKING ON MEMORY CONSOLIDATION [J].
COLRAIN, IM ;
MANGAN, GL ;
PELLETT, OL ;
BATES, TC .
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 1992, 108 (04) :448-451
[9]  
EISER JR, 1987, EUROPEAN J PSYCHOL E, V2, P307
[10]   A REVISED VERSION OF THE PSYCHOTICISM SCALE [J].
EYSENCK, SBG ;
EYSENCK, HJ ;
BARRETT, P .
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, 1985, 6 (01) :21-29