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Midbrain mutiny [electronic resource] : the picoeconomics and neuroeconomics of disordered gambling : economic theory and cognitive science / Don Ross ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Ross, Don, 1962- | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008Description: x, 301 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Compulsive gambling | Motivation (Psychology) | Reward (psychology) | Choice (Psychology) | Neuroeconomics | Economics | Cognitive scienceGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 616.85/841 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Is there such a thing as addiction? -- Gambling in scientific focus -- Picoeconomics, impulsive consumption, and disordered gambling -- Behavioral and psychological investigations of disordered gambling -- The neuroeconomics of addiction -- Addictive gambling as the basic form of addiction -- Clinical evidence and implications -- The microexplanation of disordered gambling.
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616.85/841 (Browse shelf) Available

"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-289) and index.

Is there such a thing as addiction? -- Gambling in scientific focus -- Picoeconomics, impulsive consumption, and disordered gambling -- Behavioral and psychological investigations of disordered gambling -- The neuroeconomics of addiction -- Addictive gambling as the basic form of addiction -- Clinical evidence and implications -- The microexplanation of disordered gambling.

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