Journal of Alcoholism & Drug Dependence
Open Access
ISSN: 2329-6488
ISSN: 2329-6488
Mario Liotti
Canada
Research Article
Behavioral and electrophysiological responses to smoking-related words in a Smoking Stroop task discriminate between relapse and abstinence following a one-month quit attempt
Author(s): Deyar Asmaro, Caitlyn McColeman, Carson Lake, Adam Burnett, and Mario LiottiDeyar Asmaro, Caitlyn McColeman, Carson Lake, Adam Burnett, and Mario Liotti
Cigarette smoking is still quite prevalent despite public education campaigns, and more understanding about the processes that relate to relapse and abstinence is still needed. In the current study, recent abstinent smokers who were later deemed to be relapsers or abstainers responded to the color of smoking-related and neutral words in a Smoking Stroop Task while high-density EEG was recorded. One-month Abstinent smokers responded more slowly to smoking words relative to control participants who had never smoked, while Relapsers did not show this effect. One-month relapsers displayed greater voltage of the late positive potential (400-600 ms, aLPP) over the left frontal scalp relative to both one-month abstinent smokers and never smokers. Our findings suggest that smoking cues are more salient for abstinent smokers who are prone to relapse, and this ERP a.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2329-6488.1000206