Departures from sensible play in computer blackjack

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 426-438

  Chau, Albert W L ^a   Phillips, James G ^b   Von Baggo, Karola L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blackjack; Gambling; Risky decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DECISION MAKING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; COMPUTERS; DECISION MAKING; GAMBLING; HUMANS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 0034302978     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221300009598595     Document Type: Article

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