Temporal characteristics of slot machine play in recreational gamblers

Psychological Reports

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-72

  Schreiber, James ^b   Dixon, Mark R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY LEARNING; RECREATION; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 0035435077     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.89.1.67     Document Type: Article

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