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Nicotine withdrawal and reward responsivity in a card sorting task

Nicotine withdrawal and reward responsivity in a card sorting task
Nicotine withdrawal and reward responsivity in a card sorting task
Rationale Animal studies have demonstrated decreased reward responsivity during nicotine withdrawal (e.g., Epping-Jordan et al., Nature 393:76–79, 1998) and the Card Arranging Reward Responsivity Objective Test (CARROT) has recently been used to study the effect of nicotine withdrawal on reward responsivity in humans (e.g., Al-Adawi and Powell, Addiction 92:1773–1782, 1997; Powell et al., Biol Psychiatry 51:151–163, 2002). We investigated a suggestion that nicotine withdrawal may have additional reward-related effects apart from the reward responsivity effects already observed.

Objective The objective of this study was to determine whether or not nicotine withdrawal results in slower improvements in performance on a card-sorting task over a series of trials.

Method We carried out two experiments using a modified version of the CARROT, the CARROT, to compare the performance of human participants in nicotine withdrawal with those who were satiated.

Results Although withdrawal produced no direct effect on the CARROT measure of reward responsivity, the overall sorting rate was lower, and the increase in sorting rate across successive trials was slower during nicotine withdrawal than during satiation.

Conclusions These data indicate that nicotine withdrawal impacted on task performance independently of the introduction of a performance contingent reward, suggesting a novel reward-related effect of nicotine withdrawal.
0033-3158
155-163
Kalamboka, Natasha
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Remington, Bob
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Glautier, Steven
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Kalamboka, Natasha
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Remington, Bob
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Glautier, Steven
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Kalamboka, Natasha, Remington, Bob and Glautier, Steven (2009) Nicotine withdrawal and reward responsivity in a card sorting task. Psychopharmacology, 204 (1), 155-163. (doi:10.1007/s00213-008-1449-4).

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Abstract

Rationale Animal studies have demonstrated decreased reward responsivity during nicotine withdrawal (e.g., Epping-Jordan et al., Nature 393:76–79, 1998) and the Card Arranging Reward Responsivity Objective Test (CARROT) has recently been used to study the effect of nicotine withdrawal on reward responsivity in humans (e.g., Al-Adawi and Powell, Addiction 92:1773–1782, 1997; Powell et al., Biol Psychiatry 51:151–163, 2002). We investigated a suggestion that nicotine withdrawal may have additional reward-related effects apart from the reward responsivity effects already observed.

Objective The objective of this study was to determine whether or not nicotine withdrawal results in slower improvements in performance on a card-sorting task over a series of trials.

Method We carried out two experiments using a modified version of the CARROT, the CARROT, to compare the performance of human participants in nicotine withdrawal with those who were satiated.

Results Although withdrawal produced no direct effect on the CARROT measure of reward responsivity, the overall sorting rate was lower, and the increase in sorting rate across successive trials was slower during nicotine withdrawal than during satiation.

Conclusions These data indicate that nicotine withdrawal impacted on task performance independently of the introduction of a performance contingent reward, suggesting a novel reward-related effect of nicotine withdrawal.

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Published date: May 2009

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Local EPrints ID: 66762
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/66762
ISSN: 0033-3158
PURE UUID: c914ceee-e4a0-4f1f-beff-08314ba36885
ORCID for Steven Glautier: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8852-3268

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Date deposited: 17 Jul 2009
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:41

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Author: Natasha Kalamboka
Author: Bob Remington
Author: Steven Glautier ORCID iD

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