Preattentive and attentive eye movements during visual scanning of a cocaine cue: correlation with intensity of cocaine cravings

R B Rosse; S Johri; K Kendrick; A L Hess; T N Alim; M Miller; S I Deutsch

doi:10.1176/jnp.9.1.91

Preattentive and attentive eye movements during visual scanning of a cocaine cue: correlation with intensity of cocaine cravings

J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 1997 Winter;9(1):91-3. doi: 10.1176/jnp.9.1.91.

Authors

R B Rosse¹, S Johri, K Kendrick, A L Hess, T N Alim, M Miller, S I Deutsch

Affiliation

¹ Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Psychiatry Service, Washington, DC 20422, USA.

PMID: 9017534
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.9.1.91

Abstract

The visual scanning of 19 recently abstinent crack cocaine-dependent men was assessed while they viewed a picture of a cocaine cue and a picture of a neutral cue. Cocaine craving scores were inversely correlated with the number of preattentive fixations and saccades and were positively correlated with the number of attentive fixations.

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adult
Attention / physiology*
Cocaine*
Crack Cocaine
Cues
Eye Movements / physiology*
Fixation, Ocular / physiology
Humans
Male
Opioid-Related Disorders / psychology*
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Saccades / physiology
Visual Perception / physiology*

Substances

Crack Cocaine
Cocaine