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Effects of Smoking Urge on Temporal Cognition.

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: The authors examined temporal aspects of smoking urge. In Experiment 1, smokers assigned to high- or low-urge conditions were informed they would be allowed to smoke in 2.5 min. They next completed measures of time perception. High-urge smokers reported 45 s to pass significantly more slowly than did low-urge smokers. In Experiment 2, the high-urge smokers from Experiment 1 anticipated that their urges would climb steadily over the next 45 min if they were not permitted to smoke. Another group of high-urge smokers actually reported their urges over 45 min. These urge ratings did not show the steady rise anticipated by the first group. Results suggest that smoking urge may affect time perception and that craving smokers overpredict the duration and intensity of their own future smoking urges if they abstain.

Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

DOI: 10.1037/0893-164x.19.1.88

Authors: Michael A. Sayette, George Loewenstein, Thomas R. Kirchner, Teri Travis

Institutions: University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University

Language: English

Topic: Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Cancer Institute