Grouping and gambling: A gestalt approach to understanding the gambler's fallacy

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 69-75

  Roney, Christopher J R ^a   Trick, Lana M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTALT THERAPY; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ATTITUDE; COGNITION; GAMBLING; GESTALT THEORY; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS;

EID: 0042762634     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087414     Document Type: Article

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