Working memory in cigarette smokers: comparison to non-smokers and effects of abstinence.

Adrianna Mendrek John Monterosso Sara L Simon Murray Jarvik Arthur Brody Richard Olmstead Catherine P Domier Mark S Cohen Monique Ernst Edythe D London

Addict Behav

Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Published: May 2006

The present study was designed to examine the effect of cigarette smoking and withdrawal on working memory. Participants included 15 smokers and 22 matched non-smokers. For both groups the N-Back Task (of working memory) was administered in two test blocks on each of two days. On one day, smokers were tested after >or=13 h abstinence; on the other day, testing began or=13 h but not

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