Full of sound and fury, signifying something: The impact of autonomic arousal on EGM gambling

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 457-465

  Rockloff, Matthew Justus ^a   Signal, Tania ^a   Dyer, Victoria ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affect; Gambling; Pathological gambling; Physiological arousal; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REWARD;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; RESEARCH DESIGN; REWARD;

EID: 34848919788     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-007-9061-9     Document Type: Article

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