Heart rate arousal and excitement in gambling: Winners versus losers

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-316

  Wulfert, Edelgard ^a   Roland, Brian D ^a   Hartley, Julie ^a   Wang, Naitian ^a   Franco, Christine ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Gambling; Heart rate; Horse race betting; Physiological arousal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EXCITEMENT; EXPECTANCY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING;

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; FORECASTING; GAMBLING; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; REWARD;

EID: 26444433230     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.19.3.311     Document Type: Article

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