The Role of Money in the Excitement of Gambling

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 380-390

  Wulfert, Edelgard ^a   Franco, Christine ^a   Williams, Kevin ^a   Roland, Brian ^a   Maxson, Julie Hartley ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

college students; excitement; gambling; heart rate; horse race betting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITEMENT; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; GAME; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONEY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; RANDOMIZATION; RECREATION; VIDEORECORDING; ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ECONOMICS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GAMBLING; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; REWARD; STUDENTS;

EID: 53249097865     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.22.3.380     Document Type: Article

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