An evaluation of response allocations to concurrently available slot machine simulations

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 232-236

  Dixon, Mark R ^a   Maclin, Otto H ^b   Daugherty, Dustin ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMBLING; HUMANS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33749005102     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03192774     Document Type: Review

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