TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-control of smoking
T2 - When does narrowed attention help? 1
AU - Westling, Erika
AU - Mann, Traci
AU - Ward, Andrew
PY - 2006/9
Y1 - 2006/9
N2 - Two studies examined the capacity of cognitive load to enhance or disrupt the selfcontrol of smoking in the presence of situational pressures that either promote or discourage the behavior. In Study 1, participants who were exposed to cues encouraging smoking smoked more under high cognitive load than under low cognitive load. In Study 2, participants who were exposed to cues discouraging smoking smoked less under high load than under low load. Cognitive load appears to narrow attention, resulting in a state of attentional myopia, which leads to disinhibited smoking behavior when pressures to smoke are disproportionately salient and enhanced control of smoking when pressures not to smoke are disproportionately salient. Implications for smoking cessation are discussed.
AB - Two studies examined the capacity of cognitive load to enhance or disrupt the selfcontrol of smoking in the presence of situational pressures that either promote or discourage the behavior. In Study 1, participants who were exposed to cues encouraging smoking smoked more under high cognitive load than under low cognitive load. In Study 2, participants who were exposed to cues discouraging smoking smoked less under high load than under low load. Cognitive load appears to narrow attention, resulting in a state of attentional myopia, which leads to disinhibited smoking behavior when pressures to smoke are disproportionately salient and enhanced control of smoking when pressures not to smoke are disproportionately salient. Implications for smoking cessation are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00097.x
DO - 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00097.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33746878197
SN - 0021-9029
VL - 36
SP - 2115
EP - 2133
JO - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
IS - 9
ER -