Thirty-two smokers participated in the present study. They were administered an implicit task (i.e., IAAT, Implicit Approach-Avoidance Task; Castelli & Paladino, 2002) in order to measure their spontaneous behavioral tendency to approach smoke-related stimuli. It is hypothesized that the internal motivational state of either deprivation or satiation may influence spontaneous behavioral responses. Results confirmed the hypothesis demonstrating that participants who spent more time without smoking were faster when approaching smoke-related stimuli in comparison to those who had smoked recently. These results suggest the importance of investigating the impact that motivational states may exert on the automatic processes that regulate smokers' perception of smoking.
The automatic behavior of smokers as a function of the time passed from the last sigarette smoked
Castelli L.;
2002
Abstract
Thirty-two smokers participated in the present study. They were administered an implicit task (i.e., IAAT, Implicit Approach-Avoidance Task; Castelli & Paladino, 2002) in order to measure their spontaneous behavioral tendency to approach smoke-related stimuli. It is hypothesized that the internal motivational state of either deprivation or satiation may influence spontaneous behavioral responses. Results confirmed the hypothesis demonstrating that participants who spent more time without smoking were faster when approaching smoke-related stimuli in comparison to those who had smoked recently. These results suggest the importance of investigating the impact that motivational states may exert on the automatic processes that regulate smokers' perception of smoking.
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