Journal
EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages 93-101Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC/EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION
DOI: 10.1037/1064-1297.15.1.93
Keywords
balanced-placebo design; cigarette smoking; nicotine; stimulus expectancy
Funding
- NIDA NIH HHS [R03 DA018171, R03 DA018171-02, R03-DA018171] Funding Source: Medline
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The expectancy and pharmacological effects of nicotine (0.60 mg) on memory and the subjective effects of cigarettes were examined by using a balanced-placebo design (i.e., expect either nicotine or no nicotine and receive either nicotine or no nicotine). A total of 120 college students who smoke were assigned to 1 of the 4 experimental groups, then rated the cigarettes on a number of dimensions and completed questionnaires on smoking urges, tension, and energy. Participants also completed tests of memory as well as predictions of memory. Pharmacology played a stronger role than expectancy in most ratings of the cigarettes, but significant effects of expectancy did emerge for feelings of increased wakefulness, concentration, calming, cigarette satisfaction, and hunger reduction. The presence of nicotine significantly reduced smoking urges, but expectancy alone reduced tension after smoking. Neither variable produced significant effects on memory or memory predictions. These findings demonstrate that nonpharmacological factors can play an important role in the self-reported effects of nicotine.
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