Midbrain Mutiny : The Picoeconomics and Neuroeconomics of Disordered Gambling: Economic Theory and Cognitive Science.

By:

Ross, Don

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text

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computer

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online resource

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9780262282642

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Midbrain MutinyDDC classification:

616.85841

LOC classification:

RC569.5.G35M53 2008

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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