Losing More by Losing It: Poker Experience, Sensitivity to Losses and Tilting Severity

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 187-200

  Palomäki, Jussi ^a,b   Laakasuo, Michael ^a   Salmela, Mikko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Losing control; On line poker; Poker experience; Sensitivity to losses; Tilting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894541604     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-012-9339-4     Document Type: Article

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