Event-related potentials reflecting smoking cue reactivity and cognitive control as predictors of smoking relapse and resumption.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Given that most attempts to quit smoking fail, it is critical to increase knowledge about the mechanisms involved in smoking relapse and resumption (i.e., the increase in smoking over time after a quit attempt). Neurocognitive measures, such as event-related potentials (ERPs), may provide novel insights into smoking relapse and resumption.

Objectives

The objective of the present study is to investigate the association between smoking relapse and resumption and ERPs reflecting smoking cue reactivity (i.e., P300, LPP), inhibitory control (i.e., N2, P3), and error processing (i.e., error-related negativity (ERN), Pe).

Methods

Seventy-two smokers viewed smoking and neutral pictures and performed a Go-NoGo and an Eriksen Flanker task, while ERPs were measured usi

SUBMITTER: Luijten M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4933734 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature