ISSN:
1432-2072
Keywords:
Key words Nicotine
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Cognition
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Psychomotor performance
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Task performance and analysis
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Aerospace medicine
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Attention
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Workload
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Chewing gum
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Non-smoker
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract In a placebo-controlled study, we investigated the influence of nicotine on late-day aviation performance in 15 non-smoking subjects. In a within-subjects design, subjects were tested on 2 days, each lasting 8 h and consisting of three 75-min simulator flights (late-afternoon practice, evening test, night test). Prior to each test, subjects received either nicotine polacrilex 2 mg or placebo gum. As expected, overall performance was significantly better after nicotine, compared to placebo (P 〈 0.01). Post-hoc analysis of individual flight tasks showed that nicotine improved scores on approach to landing, a task which appears to require sustained attention. We conclude that nicotine may improve late-day flight performance in non-smoking aviators.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002130050736
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