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Show 1 Page D10 THE DAILY HKRALD. I'rmo. Hah. Thursday, November 21. 19 Study: Smoking enhances memory, Seaming abilities Subjects in both groups had electrodes attached to their heads that recorded brain waves while the word game was under By PAUL RECER AP Science Writer A new study sugWASHINGTON smokers are quicker gests young cigarette to learn and to remember than nonsmok-er- s, but researchers warned that the small udunlage doesn't outweigh the high risk of heart disease and cancer from smoking. Jaime Pineda of the University of California. San Diego, said Tuesday that the purpose of the study was to seek ways to control nicotine addiction by finding how the compound affects the brain. The sud tested 12 young smokers and 2 nonsniokers at a word game that rvqtmcs tapid learning and quick recall. way. "It is clear that there was a lot more processing going on in the brains of smokers when compared to nonsniokers." said Pineda, lead author of a study presented at a meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, "A smoker's brain is busier at the memory task than were the others." Smokers were quicker and more accurate in specifying whether a word was part of a set of five words that had been Hashed on the screen shortly before. That is a pi'rtciiul test ol wotking memory. "Woikiii'- -' memory also has been called White House ready to talk about budget The enhanced performance of the smokers was evident even after they abstained from cigarettes foe 12 hours. Pineda said. The researcher, a nonsmoker himself, emphasized however thai the slight advantage does not justify the severe additional health risks of smoking cigarettes. "This in no way supports an urgumenl that people should go mil and smoke." said Pineda Smoking is (he major cause of lung cancer and has Iven linked lo cancers of lo cardiovascular disease, impotence, stroke, heart Mtack and even denial disease. Despite all those known health ellects. scientists are still uncertain aboul nicotine's piecise efforts on the ham, Pineda said. Understanding how cigareites ailed the brain may help find ways of breaking the addiction, he said. In fact, studies like Pineda's are 'absolutely essential lo the field of smoking cessation." said Dr. Mark Molnar of the Institute ol Psychology ol the Hungary Academy of Sciences. is looking into the basic inoi danism of u habit, which we cannot light successfully if we do not under-siandMolnar said. "This is important ! work." Neural scientists worldwide are trying lo learn how smoking affects the brain so new drugs or techniques can be found to combat the addiction, Molnar said. Pineda said nicotine from cigarettes appears to mimic a brain chemical called acetylcholine, one of the neurotransmitter molecules that carries messages between brain cells. i.m "This research ." ammvmmwm COTTON BOOi By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer I lard as it WASHINC.ION is to believe alter last winter's debacle, the Clintor administration says it is eager to get back into serious with the budget negotiations Republican leaders of Congress. The White House's new budget director. Franklin Raines, said he will begin holding a series of exploratory talks with GOP leaders searching for ways to achieve a five-veagreement to balance the budget by 2002. " I will be talking to them to see if there are any areas vv here we can begin to work together, large or small, to begin to build confidence in our ability to work in a political but not necessarily partisan environment." 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