Altering the near-miss effect in slot machine gambiers

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 913-918

  Dixon, Mark R ^a   Nastally, Becky L ^a   Jackson, James E ^a   Habib, Reza ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Gambling; Near miss effect; Slot machine; Stimulus equivalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROL; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; STUDENT; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77954993748     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-913     Document Type: Article

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