Midbrain mutiny the picoeconomics and neuroeconomics of disordered gambling : economic theory and cognitive science / [electronic resource] : Don Ross ... [et al.]. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008. - x, 301 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
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Compulsive gambling.
Motivation (Psychology)
Reward (psychology)
Choice (Psychology)
Neuroeconomics.
Economics.
Cognitive science.


Electronic books.

RC569.5.G35 / M53 2008eb

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