Effects of smoking on simple and choice reaction time.
Twenty-nine subjects performed a reaction time task with four levels of choice-task complexity under non-smoking, sham smoking, and low, medium and high nicotine cigarette conditions. Nicotine reduced decision time, while sham smoking increased decision time. This effect was independent of subjects' habitual levels of cigarette consumption. No effect of smoking was found on movement time.
Department of Psychology, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003657:Decision Making / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement / Q000187:drug effects; D009538:Nicotine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000187:drug effects*; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*
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