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Gambling Near-Misses Enhance Motivation to Gamble and Recruit Win-Related Brain Circuitry

“Near-miss” events, where unsuccessful outcomes are proximal to the jackpot, increase gambling propensity and may be associated with the addictiveness of gambling, but little is known about the neurocognitive mechanisms that underlie their potency. Using a simplified slot machine task, we measured b...

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Autores principales: Clark, Luke, Lawrence, Andrew J., Astley-Jones, Frances, Gray, Nicola
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cell Press 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2658737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19217383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2008.12.031