Trial reportPsychopharmacology2004
Effects of nicotine chewing gum on a real-life motor task: a kinematic analysis of handwriting movements in smokers and non-smokers.
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- Meta-analysis of the acute effects of nicotine and smoking on human performance.Psychopharmacology · 2010Pooled it
- Acetylcholine and noradrenaline enhance foraging optimality in humans.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Trial
- Nicotine supplementation enhances simulated game performance of archery athletes.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2021Trial
- Why do young women smoke? VI. A controlled study of nicotine effects on attention: pharmacogenetic interactions.The pharmacogenomics journal · 2011Trial
- Differences in Cognitive Task Performance, Reinforcement Enhancement, and Nicotine Dependence Between Menthol and Nonmenthol Cigarette Smokers.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Article
- Can jaw position affect the fine motor activity of the hand during writing?Brain and behavior · 2020Article
- Acute nicotine administration increases BOLD fMRI signal in brain regions involved in reward signaling and compulsive drug intake in rats.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2014Article
- The effects of caffeine, nicotine, ethanol, and tetrahydrocannabinol on exercise performance.Nutrition & metabolism · 2013Article
- Handwriting analysis indicates spontaneous dyskinesias in neuroleptic naïve adolescents at high risk for psychosis.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2013Article
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Abstract
rationaleIn laboratory tasks nicotine has consistently been shown to improve psychomotor performance.
objectivesThe aim of the present experiment was to assess the effects of nicotine on a skilled task of everyday life in smoking and non-smoking healthy adults.
methodsAssessment of handwriting movements of 38 non-deprived smokers and 38 non-smokers was performed following the chewing of gum containing 0 mg, 2 mg or 4 mg of nicotine. A digitising tablet was used for the assessment of fine motor movements. Subjects were asked to perform a simple writing task. Movement time, velocity and acceleration of the handwriting movements were measured. Furthermore, every writing specimen was independently rated by two examiners regarding the quality of handwriting.
resultsKinematic analysis of writing movements revealed that nicotine could produce absolute improvements in handwriting. Following nicotine administration, reduced movement times, increased velocities and more fluent handwriting movements were observed. These improvements were more striking in smokers than in non-smokers. No effects of nicotine were found with regard to the quality of handwriting.
conclusionThe results suggest that nicotine can enhance psychomotor performance to a significant degree in a real-life motor task.
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