Table 2. Stop-Signal Task Behavioral Data.
Group | Nonsmokers (n=25) | Smokers (n=25) |
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Median correct Go RT (ms) | 490.87 (105.34) | 506.36 (114.35) |
Go discrimination errors | 1.02 (1.25) | 1.24 (1.63) |
Mean Stop Signal Delay (ms) | 301.59 (114.9) | 322.93 (128.01) |
Percentage inhibition | 51.55 (7.28) | 54.37 (7.28) |
Stop Signal Reaction Time (ms) | 189.28 (56.19) | 177.88 (53.57) |
Data are presented as means (SD in parentheses). No significant differences were noted between groups. Go RT is speed of responding on Go trials (without errors); Go discrimination errors is the number of errors in direction of response on Go trials; Stop Signal Delay (SSD) refers to the average Stop-signal delay, compared from two staircases (see Subjects and Methods), and is the point at which P (inhibit) ≃50% Stop Signal Reaction Time was computed for each subject as Go RT-SSD.