Midbrain Mutiny : The Picoeconomics and Neuroeconomics of Disordered Gambling: Economic Theory and Cognitive Science.
Ross, Don.
Midbrain Mutiny : The Picoeconomics and Neuroeconomics of Disordered Gambling: Economic Theory and Cognitive Science. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (312 pages) - A Bradford Book Series . - A Bradford Book Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Note to Readers about Economic Theory and Cognitive Science -- 1 Is There Such a Thing as Addiction? -- 2 Gambling in Scientific Focus -- 3 Picoeconomics, Impulsive Consumption, and Disordered Gambling -- 4 Behavioral and Psychological Investigations of Disordered Gambling -- 5 The Neuroeconomics of Addiction -- 6 Addictive Gambling as the Basic Form of Addiction -- 7 Clinical Evidence and Implications -- 8 The Microexplanation of Disordered Gambling -- Notes -- References -- Index.
An analysis of how economic theories can be used to understand disordered and pathological gambling that calls on empirical evidence about behavior and the brain and argues that addictive gambling is the basic form of all addiction.
9780262282642
Compulsive gambling.
Motivation (Psychology).
Reward (Psychology).
Choice (Psychology).
Neuroeconomics.
Economics.
Cognitive science.
Electronic books.
RC569.5.G35M53 2008
616.85841
Midbrain Mutiny : The Picoeconomics and Neuroeconomics of Disordered Gambling: Economic Theory and Cognitive Science. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (312 pages) - A Bradford Book Series . - A Bradford Book Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Note to Readers about Economic Theory and Cognitive Science -- 1 Is There Such a Thing as Addiction? -- 2 Gambling in Scientific Focus -- 3 Picoeconomics, Impulsive Consumption, and Disordered Gambling -- 4 Behavioral and Psychological Investigations of Disordered Gambling -- 5 The Neuroeconomics of Addiction -- 6 Addictive Gambling as the Basic Form of Addiction -- 7 Clinical Evidence and Implications -- 8 The Microexplanation of Disordered Gambling -- Notes -- References -- Index.
An analysis of how economic theories can be used to understand disordered and pathological gambling that calls on empirical evidence about behavior and the brain and argues that addictive gambling is the basic form of all addiction.
9780262282642
Compulsive gambling.
Motivation (Psychology).
Reward (Psychology).
Choice (Psychology).
Neuroeconomics.
Economics.
Cognitive science.
Electronic books.
RC569.5.G35M53 2008
616.85841