Winning responses to near-misses: Research provides insight into compulsive gambling
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 12:28
in Psychology & Sociology
Why do people gamble if they know that the house always wins? Researchers at the University of Cambridge argue that near-misses, where the gambler narrowly misses out on the jackpot, may provide part of the answer.
Read the whole article on Physorg
More from Physorg
Related
- Winning responses to near-missesWed, 11 Feb 2009, 12:31:36 EST
- Neural circuitry of near-misses may explain the allure of gamblingWed, 11 Feb 2009, 12:31:33 EST
- Pajama gamblers could lose their shirts: Online gambling can be dangerously comfortableTue, 14 Oct 2008, 14:08:34 EDT
- XMM-Newton discovers part of the missing matter in the universeWed, 7 May 2008, 10:14:19 EDT
- Families suffer from problem gamblingTue, 27 Oct 2009, 11:51:35 EDT