The neural basis of compulsive buying

Compulsive Buying: Clinical Foundations and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 63-86

  Raab, Gerhard ^a   Elger, Christian E ^a   Neuner, Michael ^a   Weber, Bernd ^a  

^a Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203840962     Document Type: Chapter

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