Near-miss effects on response latencies and win estimations of slot machine players

Psychological Record

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 335-348

  Dixon, Mark R ^a,c   Schreiber, James E ^b  

^a Southern Illinois University   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4344605881     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395477     Document Type: Article

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