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Gamito, P., Oliveira, J., Baptista, A., Morais, D., Lopes, P., Rosa, P....Brito, R. (2014). Eliciting nicotine craving with virtual smoking cues. Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking. 17 (8), 556-561

P. S. Gamito et al.,  "Eliciting nicotine craving with virtual smoking cues", in Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 556-561, 2014

@article{gamito2014_1770236275099,
	author = "Gamito, P. and Oliveira, J. and Baptista, A. and Morais, D. and Lopes, P. and Rosa, P. and Santos, N. and Brito, R.",
	title = "Eliciting nicotine craving with virtual smoking cues",
	journal = "Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking",
	year = "2014",
	volume = "17",
	number = "8",
	doi = "10.1089/cyber.2013.0329",
	pages = "556-561",
	url = "http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/cyber.2013.0329"
}

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TI  - Eliciting nicotine craving with virtual smoking cues
T2  - Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking
VL  - 17
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AU  - Gamito, P.
AU  - Oliveira, J.
AU  - Baptista, A.
AU  - Morais, D.
AU  - Lopes, P.
AU  - Rosa, P.
AU  - Santos, N.
AU  - Brito, R.
PY  - 2014
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DO  - 10.1089/cyber.2013.0329
UR  - http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/cyber.2013.0329
AB  - Craving is a strong desire to consume that emerges in every case of substance addiction. Previous studies have shown that eliciting craving with an exposure cues protocol can be a useful option for the treatment of nicotine dependence. Thus, the main goal of this study was to develop a virtual platform in order to induce craving in smokers. Fifty-five undergraduate students were randomly assigned to two different virtual environments: high arousal contextual cues and low arousal contextual cues scenarios (17 smokers with low nicotine dependency were excluded). An eye-tracker system was used to evaluate attention toward these cues. Eye fixation on smoking-related cues differed between smokers and nonsmokers, indicating that smokers focused more often on smoking-related cues than nonsmokers. Self-reports of craving are in agreement with these results and suggest a
significant increase in craving after exposure to smoking cues. In sum, these data support the use of virtual environments for eliciting craving.
ER  -