Altering the magnitude of delay discounting by pathological gamblers

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-275

  Dixon, Mark R ^a   Holton, Bethany ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Choice; Delay discounting; Pathological gambling; Self control

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GAMBLING; HUMANS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD;

EID: 75549083425     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-269     Document Type: Article

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