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dc.contributor.authorNeumann, David L
dc.contributor.authorFitzgerald, Zoee T
dc.contributor.authorFuredy, John J
dc.contributor.authorBoyle, Gregory J
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:21:01Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:21:01Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.modified2009-10-29T06:26:26Z
dc.identifier.issn0091-3057
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.pbb.2007.03.001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/16063
dc.description.abstractThe effect of an acute administration of nicotine on arousal and visual-spatial ability in healthy non-smoking participants was investigated. Healthy adult volunteers with a mean age of 19.98 years received a transdermal nicotine or placebo patch prior to completing a water-level task and two mental rotation tasks while concurrent psychophysiological recordings were taken. Nicotine administration showed a sexually dimorphic effect on arousal (skin conductance level and heart rate). Evidence of superior performance in males compared to females was found in reaction time and accuracy measures for the visual-spatial tasks. However, performance reflected the interaction between sex and nicotine. Nicotine slowed reaction times in the mental rotation tasks more extensively in females than males. Nicotine also reduced confidence in performance during the water-level task in males, but not in females. The effects of nicotine on visual-spatial ability may reflect the interactive effects of sex and changes in arousal levels induced by nicotine administration.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/525485/description#description
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom758
dc.relation.ispartofpageto765
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior
dc.relation.ispartofvolume86
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3214
dc.titleSexually dimorphic effects of acute nicotine administration on arousal and visual-spatial ability in non-smoking human volunteers
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.rights.copyright© 2007 Elsevier. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2007
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gro.griffith.authorNeumann, David L.


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