Decision-making during gambling: An integration of cognitive and psychobiological approaches

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1538, 2010, Pages 319-330

  Clark, Luke ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction; Cognition; Emotion; Gambling; Reward; Risk

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; GAMBLING; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HARNESS;

EID: 75749105465     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0147     Document Type: Review

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