From the Kyoto University press release: You’ve been losing all night, and now another bad hand. So why raise? Gambling addiction is a mental disorder characterized by excessive risk-taking despite negative results. Scientific studies using…
From the Purdue University media release: New research in game theory shows that people are naturally predisposed to over-use “common-pool resources” such as transportation systems and fisheries even if it risks failure of the system, to…
From the Springer press release via AlphaGalileo: Winning sounds on slot machines make gambling more exciting, according to a new study by Mike Dixon and colleagues from the University of Waterloo in Canada. Moreover, their…
From the CNRS (Délégation Paris Michel-Ange) press release via AlphaGalileo: Compulsive gamblers suffer from an optimism bias that modifies their subjective representation of probability and affects their decisions in situations involving high-risk monetary wagers. This…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via HealthCanal: People are worse at predicting whether a sports team will win, lose, or tie when they bet on the final score than when they bet…
From the British Neuroscience Association press release via ScienceDaily: Fascinating new studies into brain activity and behavioural responses have highlighted the overlap between pathological gambling and drug addiction. The research, which is presented at the…
From the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute press release: Researchers of the Psychiatry and Mental Health research group at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), in the Bellvitge University Hospital, have shown that patient age influences…
From the McMaster University press release via EurekAlert!: New research from an international team of scientists suggests evolution, or basic survival techniques adapted by early humans, influences the decisions gamblers make when placing bets. The…
From the Springer press release: To successfully treat pathological gambling, you need to intervene at an early stage, according to Susana Jiménez-Murcia from the University Hospital of Bellvitge in Spain and colleagues. Their study shows…
From the Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health press release via EurekAlert!: Results of a new study by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health indicate that a developmental pattern of impulsiveness…