Tobacco smoking, personality and sex factors in auditory vigilance performance

A total of 120 university students comprising equal groups of male and female non‐smokers, smokers not smoking and smokers smoking, were compared for performance on a 60 min auditory vigilance task. Non‐smokers consistently detected more signals throughout the test. A significant interaction showed...

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Published in:The British journal of psychology 1977-08, Vol.68 (3), p.365-370
Main Authors: Tong, J. E., Leigh, Gillian, Campbell, J., Smith, D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Attention
Auditory Perception
Discrimination (Psychology)
Extraversion (Psychology)
Female
Hippocampus - drug effects
Humans
Introversion (Psychology)
Male
Neurotic Disorders - complications
Nicotine - pharmacology
Personality
Sex Factors
Smoking
Time Factors
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Summary:A total of 120 university students comprising equal groups of male and female non‐smokers, smokers not smoking and smokers smoking, were compared for performance on a 60 min auditory vigilance task. Non‐smokers consistently detected more signals throughout the test. A significant interaction showed that while non‐smokers detected fewer signals as the test progressed, smokers smoking increased their number of detections. There were no sex differences and no overall EPI differences in scores, although extraverted non‐smokers gave significantly higher scores than introverted non‐smokers with the converse being present for smokers. The results are discussed in relation to hippocampal functions and indicate that smoking should be taken into account in experiments involving sustained attention.
ISSN:0007-1269
2044-8295
DOI:10.1111/j.2044-8295.1977.tb01602.x