A hierarchical model approach for identifying the trait antecedents of general gambling propensity and of four gambling-related genres
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Mwen, John C., Fang, Xiang, and Scott, Kristin (2009). A hierarchical model approach for identifying the background except the propensity of gambling in general and four gambling-related genres. , Journal of Business Research, 62 (12), 1262-1268.
In two studies, using a hierarchical model of personality trait antecedents considered gambling. The results revealed that a set of more abstract features predictive of a general trend of gambling, including materialism, the resource needs of the body (negative), competitiveness, impulsiveness, fanmanship sports, superstition , and financial conservatism (negative). In Study 2, we controlled for the propensity of gambling in general and to investigate predictors except four genera related to online gambling, lottery, sports betting, lotteries and marketing / contests. It was found that gambling in general predicts the propensity of each gender. In addition, patterns of divergent and more basic traits are predictive of different forms of play.
Bankruptcy Costs, Ex Post Renegotiation and Gambling for Resurrection
by admin on Feb.08, 2010, under Uncategorized
Decamps, Jean-Paul, and Faure-Grimaud, Antoine (2000, December). The costs of bankruptcy, Ex Post Renegotiation and gambling for resurrection.
Modulation of decision-making in a gambling task in older adults with transcranial direct current stimulation
by admin on Feb.08, 2010, under Uncategorized
Generally reduces cognitive performance in older adults as a result of neurodegenerative diseases. One of the cognitive domains affected in general is making decisions. Based on recent results suggest that noninvasive brain stimulation can improve decision making in the young participants, we studied whether bifrontalitat by transcranial direct current stimulation (TDC) is applied on the right and left prefrontal cortex elderly subjects may change the balance of risks and the safest possible responses in individuals younger. Twenty patients (age range 50-85 years) performed a task risk of gambling while receiving TDC anode and cathode on the right TDC on the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (CPFDL) anode TDC on the left, cathode on the right TDC CPFDL or sham stimulation. Our main finding was a significant effect of groups shows that participants who received anode left / cathode right stimulation chosen most often high-risk prospects with regard to participants receiving sham treatment or those receiving anode right / left stimulation cathode. This result is contrary to previous findings in young subjects, suggesting that the modulationtion of cortical activity results in the young and the elderly in dealing with the effects of behavior, and promote fundamental changes in cognitive processing in the elderly.
Shaping Behavior through Malleable Self-Perceptions: A Test of the Forced-Agreement Scale Effect (FASE)
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Year: 2010
Source:, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online January 25, 2010
John V., Petrocelli, Jacob L. Martin, Winston Y., Li,
Three experiments examined the effectiveness of the Agreement enforced effect of scale (FASE) manipulation to influence the perceived traits and behaviors are consistent. The forces of manipulation PHASE respondents to agree (at least somewhat) with the statements of the behavior of previously validated questionnaires. Participants in the experiment 1A required to agree with the elements of a measure of cognition and the need to complete jumbled words. Experiment 1B employees a sense of finding the version of the PHASE manipulation and examined its effect on gambling a risky task. Experiment 2 verified that the manipulation of thought influenced the responses, which means the relationship between the magnitude of effect and therefore a reference. All …
Brain regions involved in the learning and application of reward rules in a two-deck gambling task
by admin on Feb.08, 2010, under Uncategorized
Year: 2010
Source:, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online January 25, 2010
E., Hartstra, JFE, Oldenburg, L. Van Leijenhorst, SARB, Rombouts, EA Crone
The decision involves a choice between the actions of competition associated with uncertain benefits and sanctions. The work of play Iowa (TGI), which mimics real-life decision making, is to learn a standard reward of punishment in multiple trials. Patients with lesions in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC) show deficits in learning these standards, although this performance deficit is not associated exclusively with VMPFC damage. In this study, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study the role of prefrontal cortex regions involved in learning rules and applying a rule in healthy adults using an adapted version of the work of Iowa game participants (n = 20) were asked …
Individual Differences in Alcohol Drinking Frequency Are Associated With Electrophysiological Responses to Unexpected Nonrewards
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Background: It has been suggested that alcohol consumption is related to the sensitivity of the reward system. Although there are several studies using self-reported measures in support of this concept, the goal of human biological data on this issue lacking.Aims: This study is designed to test whether frequency alcohol consumption is Electrophysiological indices of processing.Materials associated with reward and Methods: In a role play passive, predicted that the presence of stimuli (reward) and absence (lack of reward) the rewards and the negative results in Q2 medial frontal (MFN) rates of reward processing. Forty-seven undergraduates were asked about frequency of drinking and P2 and MFN treatment to stimuli predicting the reward is measured.Results: most importantly, the MFN treatment to nonrewards contingency in the midline frontal ( FZ) placement correlated significantly with the frequency of drinking, frequent drinkers who recorded a broader MFN. The results showed no significant association between frequency and alcohol consumption and P2.Discussion: Although several studies show greater sensitivity to the reward of addictive behaviors, the present resultsDikarya, in alcohol drinkers often electrophysiological responsiveness is particularly active nonrewards unexpected. In general, this may point to the involvement of the reward system in alcohol frequency.Conclusion: More specifically, the results show a greater vulnerability of drinkers for high frequency signals (frustrating) nonrewards.
Gambling scores for earthquake predictions and forecasts
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This paper presents a new method, namely the gambling score, counting performance forecasts or predictions of an earthquake. Unlike most other scoring procedures that require a scheme of regular treatment and prognosis of each earthquake of the same, regardless of its magnitude, this new grading method compensates the risk taken by the weatherman. After a certain number of points of reputation, once a meteorologist makes a prediction or forecast is supposed to have committed some points of your reputation. The reference model, which plays the role of the house determines the reputation of the Predictor can earn many points if successful, according to a just ruler, and also removes the reputation points warmly forecaster, if you lose. This method also extends to the case of continuous models of point processes, where the points become forecaster reputation backed by a continuous mass in space [ndash] time [ndash] magnitude range of interest. In addition to calculating the upper limit of the score of gambling, when the true model is a renewal process, the model of releasing stress or Etas model and when the reference model is the Poisson model .
Shared brain vulnerabilities open the way for nonsubstance addictions
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For over half a century since the beginning of formal diagnosis, our Psychiatric Nosology be compartmentalised research compulsive substance (eg alcohol, cocaine, heroin, nicotine) from nonsubstance (eg, games, food, sex ) awards. Brain emerging behavior and results of genetic diagnostic challenge this limit, pointing to common underlying vulnerabilities in search of the substance and pathological nonsubstance awards. Working groups for the fifth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-V) therefore consider whether the nosological limits of addiction is redrawn to include nonsubstance disorders such as games of random. This review discusses how the data neurobiological problems with gambling, obesity, and "normal" states of connection (romantic romance, sexual attraction, good mother) can help in the task of cutting addiction "in a new joint. Recarving diagnosis can have a positive effect on addiction research, stimulate the discovery of "crossover" with the use of pharmacotherapies for the benefit of both substance addictions and nonsubstance.
The Deal on Testosterone Responses to Poker Competition
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Abstract This study investigated the effect of competition poker testosterone (T) responses. Thirty-two participants play one-on-one poker in a lab on campus. Saliva samples were obtained before and after the poker games. On average, participants saw a significant increase in T during the competition, with no difference between winners and losers. This study is the first of its kind to examine the responses of T in a gambling contest. Possible consequences of destructive behaviors are discussed gambling. Content Type Journal Article DOI 10.1007/s12144-010-9071-0 Authors Eric T. Steiner, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Psychology 4505 Maryland Parkway, PO Box 455030 Las Vegas, NV 89154-5030 USAKimberly A. Barchard, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Psychology 4505 Maryland Parkway, PO Box 455030 Las Vegas, NV 89154-5030 USAMarta Meana, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Psychology 4505 Maryland Parkway, PO Box 455030 Las Vegas U NV 89154-5030SAFreidun Hadi, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway Department of Chemistry, PO Box 454003 Las Vegas, NV 89154-4003 USAPeter B. Gray, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies 4505 Maryland Parkway, PO Box 455003 Las Vegas, NV 89154-5003 U.S. journal Current Psychology ISSN 1936-4733 Online ISSN 1046-1310
Resource-Aware Multimedia Content Delivery: A Gambling Approach
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In this paper, we propose a solution aware of resources to achieve reliable and scalable stream diffusion in a probabilistic model, ie, when the communication links and processes are subject to message losses and accidents, respectively. Our solution is resource-aware in that it limits the memory consumption, by the strict determination of the scope of knowledge that each process has on the system and the bandwidth available to each process by The allocation of a fixed quota of posts for each process. We describe our approach as in the sense that the game is to accept to give up some processes sometimes with the hope of a better service to all processes most of the time. That is, our solution does not deliberately take the risk of some processes in some executions, in order to reach each process in most executions. The algorithm is based on the diffusion of power is based on a tree construction technique that distributes the load of packets transmitted between the current processes, based on their available bandwidth. The simulations show that this approach is worthwhile in comparison to traditional gossip, when faced with identical bandwidth constrInts.