In many circumstances alternative courses of action and thoughts have to be inhibited to
allow the emergence of goal-directed behavior. However, this has not been the accepted …

Nicotine withdrawal is associated with deficits in neurocognitive function including sustained
attention, working memory, and response inhibition. Several convergent lines of evidence …

Efficient behavior involves the coordinated activity of large-scale brain networks, but the way
in which these networks interact is uncertain. One theory is that the salience network (SN) …

Individuals with attentional and emotional dysfunctions are most at risk for smoking initiation
and subsequent nicotine addiction. This article presents converging findings from human …

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed
neurobehavioral disorder in children and adolescents, and in about half of these patients …

The discovery of the role of nicotinic receptors in attention and memory has led to the testing
of nicotinic analogs as cognitive enhancing agents in patient populations. Empirical …

Although smoking prevalence has declined in recent years, certain subpopulations continue
to smoke at disproportionately high rates and show resistance to cessation treatments …

Machine learning-based approaches are now able to examine functional magnetic
resonance imaging data in a multivariate manner and extract features predictive of group …

After a brief outline of the nicotinic and cannabinoid systems, we review the interactions
between the pharmacological effects of nicotine and cannabis, two of the most widely used …

Rationale Individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) smoke at higher
rates than the general population; however, little is known about the mechanisms underlying …