Reduced inhibitory control predicts persistence in laboratory slot machine gambling

International Gambling Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 408-421

  Devos, Gaëtan ^a   Clark, Luke ^b   Maurage, Pierre ^a   Kazimierczuk, Marlena ^a   Billieux, Joël ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

disordered gambling; gambling; inhibition; laboratory gambling; pathological gambling; persistence; slot machine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947265176     PISSN: 14459795     EISSN: 14794276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14459795.2015.1068351     Document Type: Article

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