An overview of cognitive mechanisms in pathological gambling

Nordic Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 347-361

  Jacobsen, Line Holvin ^a   Knudsen, Ann Kristin ^a   Krogh, Emmeline ^a   Pallesen, StåLe ^a   Molde, Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 37849050226     PISSN: 19012276     EISSN: 19040016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1901-2276.59.4.347     Document Type: Article

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