Unexpected but Incidental Positive Outcomes Predict Real-World Gambling

Psychological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 299-311

  Otto, A Ross ^a   Fleming, Stephen M ^a,b   Glimcher, Paul W ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

decision making; emotions; open data; risk taking

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; GAMBLING; HUMAN; NEW YORK; PSYCHOLOGY; SPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFFECT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPORTS;

EID: 84960882158     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615618366     Document Type: Article

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