Illusionary pattern detection in habitual gamblers

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 291-297

  Wilke, Andreas ^a   Scheibehenne, Benjamin ^b   Gaissmaier, Wolfgang ^c   McCanney, Paige ^a   Barrett, H Clark ^d  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Cognitive bias; Decision making; Gambling disorder; Hot hand; Pathological gambling; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901829599     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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