Facilitation of memory by post-trial administration of nicotine: evidence for an attentional explanation
Abstract
In human studies, reported performance improvements with post-trial administration of nicotine have all involved associative learning (Mangan and Golding 1983; Colrain et al. 1992; Warburton et al. 1992). In this study, post-trial nicotine, obtained through smoking a cigarette, improved free recall of lists of unrelated words under conditions which limited the opportunity for associative learning. However, the nicotine-induced advantage was not observed when volunteers were required to complete a secondary (attention) task during the post-trial period in which they smoked. The results suggest that post-trial effects depend on the opportunity for stimulus processing after input, and that nicotine improves performance by increasing the attentional resources available for such strategic processing.
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Some individuals report smoking to improve attention, and smoking's ability to improve attentional function in individuals with schizophrenia likely contributes to their high rates of smoking.
“Some individuals report that they smoke to improve attention (Rusted and Warburton 1992;Warburton et al. 1992), and the ability of smoking to improve attentional function in individuals with schizophrenia (George et al. 2002) is likely to contribute to their extremely high rates of smoking.”
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- Authors
- Rusted, J. M., & Warburton, D. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Sussex (GB)
- University of Reading (GB)
- ORCID
- Rusted, Jennifer M.
- Venue
- Psychopharmacology
- Published
- 1992-09
- Volume
- 108
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 452-455
- ISSN
- 0033-3158 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-2072
- OpenAlex
- W1988952379
- Cited by
- 68
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 1.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Psychopharmacology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Keywords
- nicotine, memory enhancement, free recall, attention, associative learning, cigarette smoking, secondary task interference, strategic processing, attentional resources
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Attention, Female, Humans, Male, Memory, Nicotine, Mental Recall, Smoking, Task Performance and Analysis, Time Factors
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