Attentional biases among pathological gamblers

International Gambling Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-59

  Molde, Helge ^a   Pallesen, Ståle ^a   Sætrevik, Bjørn ^b   Hammerborg, Dag K ^b   Laberg, Jon C ^a   Johnsen, Bjørn Helge ^a  

^a Department of Psychosocial Science ^*  (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bias; Cognition; Electronic gaming machine; Experimental; Gambling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955624804     PISSN: 14459795     EISSN: 14794276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14459791003652501     Document Type: Article

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