Gambling addiction and the evolution of the "near miss"

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 407-411

  Parke, Jonathan ^a   Griffiths, Mark ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COST; EDITORIAL; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MACHINE; MONEY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PLAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; STIMULATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 8744284240     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350410001728118     Document Type: Editorial

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