Smokers 'salivate' to cigarettes: The physiological reactions to associated images
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 05:30
in Psychology & Sociology
It is commonly known that, much like Pavlov's dogs salivating in response to hearing the bell they associate with dinner time, smokers feel cravings and have physiological reactions to pictures they associate with smoking. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Neuroscience has shown that a smoker's cravings can also be trained to non-smoking related stimuli.