An Animal Model of Slot Machine Gambling: The Effect of Structural Characteristics on Response Latency and Persistence

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 521-531

  Peters, Heather ^a   Hunt, Maree ^b   Harper, David ^b  

^a Open Polytechnic of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Animal analogue; Gambling; Near win; Reinforcer magnitude

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IMPULSIVENESS; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; REACTION TIME; REWARD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GAMBLING; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; REACTION TIME; REWARD;

EID: 78149497415     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-010-9183-3     Document Type: Article

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