Neurobehavioral evidence for the "near-miss" effect in pathological gamblers

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 313-328

  Habib, Reza ^a   Dixon, Mark R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; FMRI; Near miss; Pathological gambling; Slot machine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBLING; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REWARD; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 77955799141     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2010.93-313     Document Type: Article

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