Sensitivity to reward and punishment: Horse race and EGM gamblers compared

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-33

  Balodis, S R S ^a   Thomas, A C ^a   Moore, S M ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

EGM gambling; Horse race gambling; Pathways model of gambling; Reward Sensitivity Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885477542     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.08.015     Document Type: Article

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