Although there is increasing clinical recognition of behavioral addictions, of which gambling
disorder is the prototype example, there is a limited understanding of the psychological …

Abstract Purpose of Review The slot machine zone describes a 'trance-like'state of
diminished attention to time passing and gambling-irrelevant events during Electronic …

Influential learning-based accounts of substance addictions posit the attribution of incentive
salience to drug-associated cues, and its escalation by the direct dopaminergic effects of …

Abstract Background and Aims Immersion during slot machine gambling has been linked to
disordered gambling. Current conceptualizations of immersion (namely dissociation, flow …

Habit formation is a key process in contemporary models of addictive behaviors but has
received limited attention in the context of gambling and problem gambling. Methods for …

The transition from goal-directed to habitual forms of instrumental behavior is determined by
variables such as the amount of training, schedules of reinforcement, the availability of …

Advances in cashless technologies create a dilemma for gambling regulators. Research
indicates that cash purchases entail a 'pain of paying'that is attenuated with more abstract …

Modern slot machines are among the more harmful forms of gambling. Psychophysiological
measures may provide a window into mental processes that underpin these harms. Here we …

The current article proposes that the field of behavioral economics offers a valuable
perspective for the gambling and broader addiction fields. This article focuses on …

A presumption in previous work has been that sub-optimality in competitive performance
following loss is the result of a reduction in decision-making time (ie, post-error speeding) …