Evidence that suggests a negative association between cigarette smoking and learning performance.
The results of this study indicate that tobacco smoking may have a deleterious effect on the learning process. One hundred and fifteen male volunteers were assessed on four learning tasks. Those Ss who smoked in excess of 12 cigarettes per day did significantly less well, as a group, than nonsmokers and light smokers on three of the four learning tests.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications; D001244:Association; D003210:Concept Formation; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008347:Manifest Anxiety Scale; D011340:Problem Solving; D012907:Smoking / Q000150:complications*