Neuroscience and cognition
212 studies in the past 365 days. Tags are assigned automatically from titles and abstracts; a study can carry several.
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All In: A Casino-Themed Emergency Medicine Conference Day
Audience: The target audience includes individuals involved in the education and training of emergency medicine (EM) residents, such as program directors, assistant program directors, core faculty, and academic attendings, as well as learners including residents, physician assistant (PA) fellows, and medical students (MS) …
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A systematic review on cognitive distortions in gambling activities and gambling disorder
Publication date: Available online 30 October 2026 Source: Addictive Behaviors Author(s): Colleen Verwacht, Nellia Bellaert, Aurélien Cornil, Thomas Brihaye, Federico Cassioli, Mandy Rossignol
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Exploring obesity in behavioral addictions: a neglected field and new empirical insights
Previous research suggests a possible association between obesity and behavioral addictions; however, findings remain inconsistent and the psychological mechanisms underlying this relationship remain poorly understood …
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Gambling Involvement And Gambling-Related Problem Severity Among Psychiatric Outpatients And Community Participants
Gambling-related problems frequently co-occur with psychiatric conditions. This cross-sectional study examined past-year gambling involvement and gambling-related problem severity in psychiatric outpatients and community participants, with particular attention to the role of emotion dysregulation and impulsivity …
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Epistemic Surrender: How U.S. Sports Journalists Appraise Risks and Rewards of Legal Sports Betting
Legal sports gambling in the U.S. has spread rapidly since a 2018 Supreme Court ruling. Media entities are becoming increasingly reliant on sponsorships and partnerships with sportsbooks, raising considerable ethical concerns …
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Association of Borderline Personality Traits and Impulsivity with Problem Gambling Severity in Gambling Disorder
This study aimed to examine the associations of borderline personality traits and impulsivity with problem gambling severity in patients with gambling disorder and their relative contributions when considered together.Method: This retrospective, cross-sectional study included 60 patients aged 18–65 with gambling disorder evaluated at psychiatry outpatient …
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Widespread Suspected Illegal Advertising of Paid Loot Boxes and Social Casino Games in Belgium: Empowered by the EU Digital Services Act to Assess Compliance Using Meta's Ad Repository
Paid loot boxes and social casino mechanics are gambling-like products inside video games that provide random rewards in exchange for real-world money. These products may cause harm to vulnerable consumers, e.g., children and adults experiencing gambling harms …
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An empirical investigation of the pathways model of problem gambling and the UPPS-P
Abstract While impulsivity is recognised as a central aetiological factor of problem gambling within the pathways model, limited research has examined the different dimensions of this trait and the three gambling sub-types contained within this model …
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Environmental and Cognitive Factors Associated with Adolescent Gambling Experience: Focusing on Exposure to Gambling Promotional Materials, Peer Gambling Exposure, and Gambling Risk Perception
This study aimed to examine environmental and cognitive factors associated with lifetime gambling experience among adolescents. Data were drawn from the 2025 Survey on Youth Gambling, and a total of 13,481 adolescents were included in the final analytic sample. Lifetime gambling experience was specified as the dependent variable …
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The Impact of Problematic Online Gambling on University Students' Lives: Exploring Links With Impulsivity, Emotion Regulation, and Psychological Distress
To examine the effect of problematic online gambling on the lives of university students in the context of impulsivity, emotion regulation, and psychological distress. Method: This descriptive and correlational study was conducted with 200 university students who engage in online gambling …
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Early detection of problematic internet use among university students: psychometric validation of the PIUQ-9
University students extensively use the internet for academic, social, and recreational purposes, increasing the risk of developing problematic internet use (PIU) …
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Personality, dopamine, and addiction: the DRD4 Ex3 (VNTR) polymorphism and personality traits in men addicted to gambling and amphetamine
The present study analyzed the polymorphism of the dopamine receptor gene DRD4, which is widely described in the literature as being associated with sensation seeking. Gambling disorder (GD) shares similar biological mechanisms and symptoms with substance use disorders (SUD). Therefore, a behavioral addiction group was selected for this study …
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Decision-Making Performance and Block-Wise Trajectories in Gambling Disorder and Opioid Use Disorder Using the Iowa Gambling Task
Background/Objectives: Decision-making differences have been reported in substance-related and behavioral addictions, but Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) performance patterns may differ. We compared IGT performance in gambling disorder, opioid use disorder (OUD) before and approximately 90 min after methadone dosing, and healthy controls …
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Reduced model-based control in gambling disorder despite seemingly intact neural value and task structure representations
Abstract Background Disordered gambling has been linked to impairments in goal-directed (model-based) control and reinforcement learning …
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Mapping risk of gambling disorder in older adults: a neural network approach
Background And Objectives: Gambling disorder (GD) in older adults remains insufficiently understood, despite growing concerns about gambling-related harm in older adulthood …
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Nudging the uptake of responsible gambling tools among land-based casino players: A randomized controlled trial assessing the utility of incentivization
To test whether a modest incentive increases uptake of a responsible gambling deposit-limit tool among land-based casino players using a digital wallet for electronic gaming machine play and whether reward sensitivity or disordered gambling symptomatology moderates this effect.Method: Participants were 314 U.S …
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Neural processing of win-contingent audiovisual cues during virtual gambling: an fMRI cross-over study
RATIONALE: Over the last 30 years, the global incidence and prevalence of gambling disorder (GD) have risen, with particularly high risk associated with slot machine gambling. Win-contingent audiovisual stimuli are considered a key mechanism that may promote risky decision-making during gambling …
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From Delay Discounting to Gambling Harm: Gambling-related Cognitive Distortions as Mediating Pathways
Delay discounting is a well-established behavioral vulnerability marker across addictive disorders, including gambling disorder. However, the cognitive processes through which steep delay discounting relates to gambling problems remain unclear …
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Neural Dynamics of Self-Control: Pre-Choice EEG Signals Predict Yielding to Temptation
Unlabelled: Self-control is the capacity to resist self-defeating behavior in favor of long-term goals. Such behavioral control is fundamental to adaptive human behavior, yet its neural mechanism remains unclear …
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Effect of Online Gambling and Spending Behavior of Adults in Digos City
Online gambling has become increasingly accessible and prevalent, raising concerns about its potential effect on individuals' financial behaviors. This study examined the effect of online gambling on the spending behavior of adults in Digos City, with a particular focus on spending, saving, and budgeting habits, as well as financial knowledge …
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Frequency of pathological gambling among Egyptian patients with substance use disorders: a cross-sectional study
Abstract Background Pathological gambling and substance use disorders (SUDs) share overlapping neurobiological pathways and clinical features. However, the prevalence of pathological gambling among Egyptian patients receiving treatment for SUDs remains insufficiently explored …
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PATH-G: a proposed integrative motivational-cognitive-behavioral protocol for gambling disorder. A theoretically grounded 12-week workbook-based model with maintenance and relapse components
Gambling Disorder (GD) is a multifactorial behavioral addiction characterized by persistent gambling despite significant harm, and typically involves cognitive distortions, urge dysregulation, shame, interpersonal strain, avoidant coping, and progressive erosion of self-trust …
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Blunted neurophysiological responses to loss feedback characterize the emotionally vulnerable type of clinical samples with gambling disorder
Gambling disorder (GD) is clinically heterogeneous, with trait impulsivity and negative affect (anxiety/depression) representing key sources of variation …
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Emotional and Decisional Profiles in Individuals With Gambling Disorder: Associations With Emotional Dysregulation, Alexithymia, and Suicidal Ideation
Gambling Disorder (GD) is associated with elevated emotional dysregulation, maladaptive decision-making, and heightened suicide risk, yet the relationships among these domains remain insufficiently integrated within a single clinical framework …
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Financial literacy and gambling-related risk in adult ADHD: a decision-making perspective
Abstract Gambling-related risk represents a financially consequential form of risk-taking and may be particularly relevant in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) …
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Personalized and normative responsible gambling messages: Neural responses across gambling severity and prudence
This study examines whether the neural engagement of two message frames commonly used in responsible gambling communication -personalized messages (tailored suggestions based on gambling behaviors) and normative messages (which encourage behavior that aligns with socially acceptable standards) - varies according to gambling severity and self-perceived …
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Beyond cognitive distortions: the mediating role of passion between erroneous cognitions and gambling severity
While erroneous gambling cognitions and gambling passion (harmonious and obsessive) are recognised as key factors underpinning an individual's gambling, limited research has examined whether passion explains how cognitive distortions relate to gambling severity …
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Are online poker players motivated to expend effort for monetary rewards?
Motivation in poker players has typically been studied through monetary incentives rather than physical effort expenditure. In this exploratory study we hypothesized that poker players' protected decision-making performance might be associated with a heightened willingness to exert effort for monetary rewards …
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Reciprocal brain-behavior associations in gambling disorder revealed by theta cordance and directional predictive modeling
Background Gambling disorder (GD) is a behavioral addiction characterized by impaired impulse control and fronto-limbic cortical dysfunction …
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Network structure of gambling-related cognitions and risk behaviors among sports bettors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional EBICglasso network analysis (N = 2261)
Background and aims: Sports betting is expanding rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa, yet the network structure of gambling-related cognitions and risk indicators remains understudied. This study analyzed these cognitions and their financial risk, psychological, and social correlates among DRC sports bettors …
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From trauma to tolerance: Psychological predictors of gambling harm among male UK Armed Forces Veterans
Veterans face disproportionately high risks of gambling-related harm, influenced by trauma exposure, emotional dysregulation, and maladaptive coping. However, little is known about how these interconnected psychological traits contribute to gambling harm severity in Veterans …
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294. Gambling disorder as adverse event of dopamine agonist treatment in restless legs syndrome
Abstract Background Reduced impulse control manifesting as gambling disorder (GD) is a known adverse event of dopamine agonist treatment in Parkinson’s disease (PD), often associated with high D2/3 receptor affinity. The same agents are widely prescribed to patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS), a neurological disorder much more prevalent than PD …
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The Relationship Between Insecure Adult Attachment and Gambling Problem Severity: The Mediating Roles of Emotion Dysregulation and Motor Impulsivity
본 연구는 불안정 애착과 도박문제 심각도의 관계를 정서조절 어려움과 운동 충동성이 매개하는지를 확인하는 데 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 만 19세 이상 성인 3,633명을 대상으로 온라인 조사를 실시하였으며, 이 중 평생 한 번이라도 도박 경험이 있는 855명의 자료를 분석하였다. 연구결과, 첫째 모든 유형의 불안정 애착은 정서조절 어려움을 통해 도박문제 심각도에 간접적으로 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 운동 충동성의 매개효과는 두려움형 애착에서만 유의한 것으로 확인되었다. 셋째, 불안정 애착과 도박문제 심각도의 관계에서 정서조절 어려움과 운동 충동성이 순차적으로 매개하는 것으로 나타났다 …
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How Cognitive Bias Shapes Gambling Behaviour and Consumer Vulnerability
The rapid expansion of digital gambling platforms significantly amplifies consumer vulnerability and gambling related harm, yet interdisciplinary literature synthe-sizing cognitive distortions, AI driven marketing personalization, and regulatory gover-nance gaps remains limited …
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Learning the Boundary Between Involvement and Severity: A Multi-Target Machine-Learning Analysis of Emotion Dysregulation, Impulsivity, Gambling Involvement, and Problem Severity in Psychiatric Outpatients
Machine-learning studies on gambling have mostly relied on behavioral or account-based data from online gambling platforms …
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A Narrative Review of the Causes of Gambling Craving
Gambling behavior, which dates back to the earliest periods of human history, is currently considered an important mental health problem. The concept of craving, defined as an intense, repetitive, and difficult-to-control urge, plays a significant role in the initiation and maintenance of gambling behavior …
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Neurophysiological and Behavioral Responses to Gambling Cues in Individuals with Internet Gambling Disorder: A VR-EEG-GSR Study
Internet Gambling Disorder (IGD) has become an important public health concern, yet relatively little is known about the combined neural, autonomic, and behavioral mechanisms underlying cue reactivity in immersive gambling environments …
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A meta-analysis of functional brain activity during valence processing in internet gaming disorder and gambling disorder
The intersection of gaming and gambling has gained increasing attention due to their role in addictive behaviours and their effects on brain function …
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Gambling Disorder as a Behaviorally Driven Systemic Medical Condition: From Reward Circuitry to Multi-System Morbidity
Historically framed as a behavioral addiction, gambling disorder (GD) has had its somatic dimension neglected by standard clinical evaluation. This is a narrative, hypothesis-generating review focusing on the somatic aspects of GD …
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STRATEGI KONSELING ISLAM DENGAN TEKNIK CBT UNTUK MENGATASI PERILAKU PELAKU JUDI ONLINE
The phenomenon of online gambling addiction among employees of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (UMKM) in Cicalengka District has shown a concerning increase, significantly impacting work productivity, financial stability, psychological well-being, and moral-spiritual values …
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Relationships Between Personality Traits, Impulsive Behaviors and Gambling Tendencies Among Individuals Who Invest in Cryptocurrency: A Cross-Sectional Study
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between personality traits, impulsive behaviors and gambling tendencies among individuals who invest in cryptocurrency.Methods: The study was cross-sectional and correlational …
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Approaching the Hot Hand with a Cool Head. A Comment on Xu and Harvey (Cognition, 2014)
In their influential paper Xu and Harvey (2014) claim that gamblers are more likely to win in subsequent games if they are in a winning streak and more likely to lose if they experience a losing streak. They suggest that gamblers create their own hot hand by falling for the gambler’s fallacy …
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The psychological toll of financial volatility: compulsive habits, gambling parallels, and social policy implications
This mini-review synthesizes recent interdisciplinary evidence showing that financial market volatility carries psychological as well as economic costs …
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A Novel Approach with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Tackle Gambling Disorder: A Case Series of Four Patients in an Industrial Setting
Abstract Gambling Disorder (GD), currently classified as a behavioural addiction in ICD-11, is associated with impairment in reward processing and impulsivity. The role of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in reducing craving and impulsive behaviours by modulating dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) activity has been explored …
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Nonlinear association between gambling severity and retrospective gambling-related emotions: exploratory evidence from resting-state degree centrality
Abstract Objective Existing research on gambling disorder has primarily focused on emotional states following gambling episodes, difficulties in emotion regulation, or abnormalities in reward-based decision-making, whereas relatively less attention has been paid to patterns of change in individuals’ subjective emotional experiences in gambling-related …
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Gaming-gambling convergence, emotion regulation, and impulsivity in adolescents and young adults: a systematic review
The convergence between video games and monetized betting constitutes a risk factor for adolescents and young adults, given their specific cognitive vulnera-bilities. To synthesize empirical evidence on exposure to gaming-gambling convergence and its association with emotional regulation and impulsivity in this population …
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Partial Dopamine Agonists and Gambling Disorder: A Comprehensive Review and Clinical Implications
Aripiprazole, cariprazine, and brexpiprazole are third-generation antipsychotics indicated for the treatment of various mental health conditions. Several cases of gambling-related harms and various impulse control problems related to aripiprazole have been reported …
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Roblox and Childhood Gambling Risk: Beyond the Loot Box
The commentary by Mortillaro and colleagues1 makes a timely and well-constructed contribution to the literature on childhood gambling risk …
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Beyond the Bet: An Updated Scoping Review on Sports Gambling
ABSTRACT Background: Technological advances and changes in legislation have driven the proliferation of sports betting in recent years. Therefore, understanding who is at risk of sports betting-related consequences and how to mitigate harm is essential …
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Mood computational mechanisms underlying increased risk behavior in adolescent suicidal patients
Suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB) are among the leading causes of death worldwide …
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The relationship of gambling disorder to obsessive-compulsive disorder
Gambling disorder frequently co-occurs with other psychiatric conditions, yet its relationship with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) remains unclear. Emerging evidence suggests impulsivity and compulsivity may be inter-related rather than diametrically opposed constructs, warranting investigation of their clinical overlap …
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Associations of neurodevelopmental traits and adverse childhood experiences with problem gambling: A nationwide cross-sectional study
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a recognized related factor for gambling problems. Although ADHD frequently co-occurs with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), the interaction of these factors on gambling has not been fully explored in a large general population sample …
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Between inclusion and risk: participation in online gambling and cognitive distortions in young people with motor disabilities
This study examines participation in online gambling, explores the relationship between cognitive distortions (gambler's fallacy and illusion of control) and gambling severity, and evaluates their predictive role in the risk of problem gambling …
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Lithium as an Adjunctive Stabilization Strategy for Impulsivity and Suicidality in Severe Gambling Disorder: A Case Report and Narrative Review
Gambling disorder (GD) is associated with severe psychosocial impairment, impulsive dyscontrol, affective instability, and increased suicidal risk. Pharmacological options remain limited, particularly for patients whose presentation is dominated by transdi-agnostic dimensions such as impulsivity, emotional dysregulation, and suicidal vul-nerability …
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Gambling disorder and the case for mitigation in financial crime
While often seen as out of character, for those who present in court with gambling disorder in the context of financially-based crimes, mitigation is rare and contextual factors are often not fully considered …
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MENGUNGKAP FAKTOR PSIKOLOGIS DI BALIK KECANDUAN JUDI ONLINE PADA DEWASA AWAL : STUDI KORELASIONAL
This study aims to analyze the relationship between decision making and online gambling addiction among young adults. The study used a quantitative approach with a correlational design. Data were collected through a Likert-scale questionnaire distributed to 200 respondents aged 18–25 years who had experience playing online gambling …
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Psychopathological Characteristics and Motivational Factors of Pathological Gambling
Gambling disorder is a behavioral addiction associated with significant psychological, social, and public health consequences. Patients frequently present with psychiatric comorbidities, impulsivity, emotional dysregulation, relapse, and suicidal behavior, contributing to poorer clinical outcomes and chronic progression of the disorder …
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Evidence of optimal choice in pigeons performing a bird-analog of the iowa gambling task
Gambling disorder is characterized by a maladaptive behavioral pattern that persists despite significant negative consequences. Neuropsychological paradigms such as the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) and its adaptation to animal models, have provided critical insights into the mechanisms underlying this type of decision-making …
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Response-outcome analysis in gambling disorder
Gambling Disorder is characterized by persistent betting despite financial losses and social adversities. Previous studies demonstrated that during short response-outcome analytical tests (ROAT), people with gambling disorder (PGD) presented more random responses and less use of analytical strategies on ROAT with and without a solution …
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CASE REPORT: COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY PADA PASIEN GAMBLING DISORDER DAN INTERNET GAMING DISORDER BERKOMORBID DENGAN GANGGUAN AFEKTIF BIPOLAR EPISODE KINI DEPRESIF SEDANG TANPA GEJALA SOMATIK
ABSTRACT Gambling Disorder (GD) and Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) are behavioral addictions that can significantly impair psychosocial functioning and become more complex when comorbid with bipolar affective disorder …
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From isolated openings to streaks: a sequential observational study of loot box openings in livestreamed gaming
Loot boxes have become a major public health concern because they combine chance-based reward structures, repeated purchasing opportunities, and widespread exposure in digital gaming environments, including publicly accessible livestreams …
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Tobacco use and gambling disorder: Associations with clinical characteristics, and treatment outcome
Background And Aims: Gambling disorder (GD) usually co-occurs with other addictive behaviors. Given shared neurobiological underpinnings, particularly involving dopaminergic pathways, and behavioral similarities such as high reward sensitivity, investigating the link between GD and tobacco use is warranted …
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Mechanisms and durability of residential treatment for co-occurring gambling and substance use disorders: a mixed-methods eight-year follow-up study
Gambling disorder is associated with substantial psychosocial harm, yet long-term outcome data for residential treatment programs remain limited …
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Gambling Problems in a Sample of UK University Students: Associations with Mental Health, Other Addictive Behaviours, and Transdiagnostic Factors
Abstract University students may be particularly vulnerable to experiencing gambling-related problems. This study investigated the rate of screening positive for gambling problems in a UK university and associated factors, including demographic, mental health, and trans-diagnostic variables …
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Gambling behavior in young adults: The relationship between depression, emotion regulation, and impulsivity
This study aimed to examine the associations between gambling behavior, depression, difficulties in emotion regulation, and impulsivity in young adults. The sample consisted of 310 individuals aged 18–35, including 105 participants who reported engaging in gambling activities and 205 non-gamblers …
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Cognitive flexibility, impulsivity, and compulsivity in problematic consumption behaviours
Different studies have identified cognitive inflexibility, impulsivity and compulsivity in substance use and gambling disorder, but it is unclear whether these deficits are present in other possible addictive behaviours …
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A behavioral economic investigation of the effect of sports wagering on alcohol demand and relations to gambling motives
Sports wagering is associated with alcohol use and alcohol-related harm, and gambling can increase alcohol consumption and drinking urges. However, the effect of sports wagering on alcohol reward value remains unclear …
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Psychometric Properties of the Online Gambling Disorder Questionnaire, Online Gambling Symptom Assessment Scale, and Gambling Urge Scale among Young Adults with the Experience of Online Gambling in Taiwan: A Preliminary Validation Study
Online gambling and related adverse consequences are increasing among young adults …
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The impact of impulsivity and social anxiety on pathological gambling and technology addiction: A cross-sectional study
With the introduction of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and changing life conditions, behavioral addictions have gained more prominence in academia. Behavioral addictions exhibit common and unique features, both in comparison to non-behavioral addictions and among different types of behavioral addictions …
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Hubungan antara Self-Control dengan Gambling Craving pada Mahasiswa di Kota Bukittinggi
Gambling craving merupakan dorongan atau hasrat yang kuat untuk melakukan perjudian online dan menjadi salah satu faktor yang berperan dalam berkembangnya perilaku adiksi perjudian. Fenomena ini tidak hanya terjadi pada masyarakat umum, tetapi juga telah menjangkau kalangan mahasiswa serta menimbulkan berbagai dampak negatif …
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Predictors of Intention to Enroll and Enrollment in a Responsible Gambling Pre-commitment Tool
Many casinos have introduced pre-commitment tools that allow electronic gaming machine (EGM) players to set a monetary limit. However, uptake tends to be low. We capitalized on the imminent launch of a pre-commitment tool at a large casino in the Northeastern US to explore factors that predict intention and subsequent enrollment …
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CASINO INTERIOR DESIGN AND THE MANIPULATION OF RATIONAL SELF-REGULATION: THE INFLUENCE OF SPATIAL AND SENSORY DESIGN ON HUMAN PERCEPTION OF TIME AND RISK
Casino environments are deliberately engineered spaces where architecture, lighting, acoustics, and spatial layout converge to shape human cognition and behavior. This paper investigates how casino interior design influences rational self-regulation by altering individuals’ perception of time and risk …
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Intermediate doses of d -amphetamine promote perseverative risky choices following the presentation of win-paired cues
Choosing a relatively large reward with a lower chance of payoff compared with a relatively small reward with a higher chance of payoff can be operationalized as a risky choice. Risky choices are often observed in humans through gambling …
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The Determinants of Investment Decision on High-Risk Asset: A Cross-Generational Perspective
This study investigates the determinants of investment decisions in high-risk assets across generational cohorts in Indonesia, focusing on the roles of overconfidence and gambler’s fallacy …
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Decision-making and risk-taking as predictors of health risk behaviors in the Millennium Cohort Study
Facets of decision-making and risk-taking are implicated in adolescent health risk behaviors; however, whether they may lead to adolescent engagement in substance use, gambling, and self-harm is unknown …
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PENGARUH LITERASI KEUANGAN DAN PERSEPSI KEMAMPUAN (ILLUSION OF CONTROL) TERHADAP KECENDERUNGAN BERMAIN JUDI PADA MAHASISWA: ANALISIS DENGAN METODE SOUTH OAKS GAMBLING SCREEN (SOGS)
Perjudian telah menjadi fenomena sosial yang semakin marak, terutama dengan kemudahan akses keplatform judi online. Meskipun beberapa individu melihat perjudian sebagai bentuk hiburan atau cara cepatmendapatkan keuntungan finansial, aktivitas ini sering kali berujung pada kesulitan ekonomi dan gangguansosial …
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Psychological characteristics and coping strategies of affected others of patients with gambling disorder
Gambling disorder generates substantial psychological, social, and economic harm not only for affected individuals but also for the relatives who support them. However, evidence regarding the psychological burden and coping strategies of these Affected Others (AOs) remains limited …
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A randomized double-blind sham-controlled preliminary study of a 5-week protocol of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) combined with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for gambling disorder in Indonesia
Gambling disorder (GD) has increased in prevalence particularly in Indonesia where online gambling predominates. Gambling harm may involve not only individuals with GD but also their significant others …
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Dopaminergic dysfunction in substance-related and behavioral addictions: Evidence from SPECT imaging in alcohol and gambling disorders
Dopamine plays a central role in mediating addictive disorders (ADs), encompassing both substance-related and behavioral conditions. Some neurobiological alterations reflect trait-like vulnerability, while others are state-dependent, arising from intoxication and withdrawal …
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Betting as Survival, Not Recreation
This commentary critiques the application of individualized responsible gambling (RG) tools, as advanced in recent psychological research by Michael J. A. Wohl and colleagues, within the context of Nigeria’s sports betting landscape …
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Development and validation of the Emotional Gambling Scale (EGS) in a community sample from Spain with recent history of gambling
Difficulties in emotion regulation involving both positive and negative emotional states are central to gambling disorder. This study developed and validated the Emotional Gambling Scale (EGS), a measure designed to assess the extent to which specific emotions trigger gambling urges. Method: The initial 55-item EGS used a five-point Likert scale …
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The role of deviant leisure tendencies and loneliness in gambling craving
The aim of this study is to examine the relationships between gambling craving, deviant leisure tendencies, and loneliness among university students. The study was conducted using a cross-sectional correlational design with a sample of 521 students from different faculties …
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Neurobehavioral Heterogeneity in Problem Gambling Severity and Nicotine Use Risk: Divergent Profiles of Cognitive and Emotional Control
Impairments in cognitive and emotional control are widely implicated in both behavioral and substance-related addictive behaviors. However, it remains unclear whether problem gambling severity and nicotine use risk are characterized by distinct neurobehavioral profiles …
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Trauma-related cognitive distortions and emotional dysregulation as determinants of gambling behavior
Gambling behavior is currently regarded as one of the most widespread behavioral addictive disorders, developing through the interaction of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral factors …
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Why do young people engage with gambling features in videogames: rewards and motivations
The current study aims to build on current understanding of common gambling features within online games and young people’s motivations to engage with them, including loot box and gacha. These features mimic traditional gambling and are known to cause behavioural dependence, as well as financial, social psychological harms …
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Reward magnitude modulates the near-miss effect: Insights from ERP and Bayesian hierarchical modeling
In gambling scenarios, near misses are defined as non-winning outcomes that marginally fail to achieve a win. In contrast to clear losses (i.e., full misses), near misses evoke distinct psychological and physiological responses, a phenomenon known as the near-miss effect. Nevertheless, the factors that modulate this effect are not yet fully comprehended …
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Development of gambling tendencies among youth: the influence of risk-taking and impulsivity
This article is dedicated to studying the development of gambling tendencies among youth and the relationship between gambling propensity, risk-taking ability, and impulsivity levels …
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The Gambler as Consumer: Protection of Rights Within the Indian Digital Gaming Market
The rapid expansion of India's digital gaming industry has transformed online gaming into one of the country's fastest-growing digital markets …
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Cryptocurrency Trading in Emerging Adulthood: An Adaptation of the Gambling Epidemiological Model
Abstract Crypto-asset speculation and high-frequency trading have emerged as areas of interest in behavioral addictions because of their similarities with gambling and the reported presentation of harmed individuals at treatment services …
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Role of 5α-reductase inhibitors in Parkinson's disease: Gambling or not?
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease due to degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc). The fundamental cause of PD is not completely confirmed …
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Chasing the Present: Cognitive Distortions, Time Perspective, and Alcohol use in Adolescent Gambling
Abstract Adolescence represents a critical developmental period for the emergence of maladaptive gambling behaviors, including loss chasing, a key marker of gambling-related harm …
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Relevance of legalized sports betting for the gendered nature of work and careers
Purpose Legislative changes in various countries have allowed for considerable growth in the online sports betting industry. While impacts for financial well-being and health have been considered, the same attention has not been paid to careers …
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The Potential Use of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Therapy for Gambling Disorders Associated with Impulse-Control Disorders
Gambling disorder (GD) constitutes a worldwide social and economic burden and is associated with impaired functioning and reduced quality of life …
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Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Financial Anxiety, and Trading Motivation in Cryptocurrency Users
Introduction Cryptocurrencies have rapidly become significant for financial participants. Their decentralized structure, constant availability, and high volatility create a high-risk, high-reward environment that draws increasing attention to the psychology of traders …
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Efficacy of deep transcranial magnetic stimulation with H7 coil in gambling disorder: COMET-7 study protocol
Introduction Gambling disorder(GD) lacks approved pharmacotherapies and current psychological treatments face adherence and effectiveness limitations …
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Diminishing Loss Sensitivity during Risky Decision-Making among Individuals with Gambling Disorder
Introduction Gambling disorder (GD) poses severe impacts on both individuals and society. Impairment in risky decision-making is a key behavioral characteristic of GD, but the underlying cognitive processes of these deficits remain unclear. Objectives This study decomposed the risky decision-making processes of GD with cognitive computational modeling …
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Addiction to Gambling and Antidepressants: Impact on Impulsivity and Compulsive Behavior
Introduction Pathological gambling disorder (PGD) is a psychiatric condition characterized by a loss of control over betting behavior, associated with dysfunctions in the dopaminergic and serotonergic systems …
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A sociodemographic and clinical characterization of Gambling Dual Disorder (GDD) in an italian, cross-sectional multicenter study
Introduction Gambling Dual Disorder (GDD) has been proposed as a clinical construct to define the co-occurrence of Gambling Disorder (GD) with other psychiatric conditions. Despite the presence of preliminary evidence for this model, limited data are available …
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Pramipexole exposure and risk of incident gambling disorder in individuals with psychiatric disorders: A nationwide register-based cohort study
Pramipexole, a dopamine agonist, has demonstrated antidepressant efficacy as an augmentation strategy in unipolar and bipolar depression. However, dopaminergic treatments are associated with impulse control disorders, including gambling disorder, and evidence regarding behavioural risks in psychiatric populations remains limited …
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Exploring Gambling-like Behaviors in Children's Cigarette Card Games and Parental Pro-game Perceptions in China: A Qualitative Study
Abstract Cigarette card games emerged as a popular yet controversial pastime among children in China, raising concerns on the potential to foster gambling-like behaviors. This study explored children’s experiences and perceptions of cigarette card games, as well as parental attitudes and facilitation practices …
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DECISION-MAKING STYLES AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING AS PREDICTORS OF PROBLEM GAMBLING BEHAVIOUR AMONG TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS STUDENTS IN IBADAN, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT Problem gambling is increasingly seen as a public health concern among university students, especially in regions with greater access to betting platforms. This study examined how decision-making styles and subjective well-being impact problem gambling among tertiary students in Ibadan, Nigeria …
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Altered long-range temporal correlations in delta oscillatory amplitude dynamics in gambling disorder
Understanding the neural oscillations underlying gambling disorder (GD) is essential for developing effective prevention and treatment strategies. While the spatial coordination of neural activity in GD patients has been extensively studied, the temporal dynamics of neural activity have not yet been investigated …
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Basolateraalisen mantelitumakkeen GABAergisten välineuronien kemogeneettisen inhibition vaikutukset uhkapelaamiseen liittyvään riskialttiiseen päätöksentekoon jyrsijöiden uhkapelitehtävässä
Gambling disorder (GD) is a behavioral addiction to gambling activities, underpinned by multifactorial etiology and neuronal changes. Despite numerous therapeutic and pharmacological approaches, effective treatments for the disorder are lacking …
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Microstimulation of the human dopaminergic midbrain enhances outcome-related happiness and reduces loss seeking
Midbrain circuits are thought to govern reward-guided behavior and momentary happiness, yet causal evidence in humans remains scarce. Here, we show that focal microstimulation of the substantia nigra pars compacta alters both decision making and momentary happiness in patients undergoing awake deep-brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson's disease …
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Differences in the Relationship Between Impulsivity and Compulsivity Between Video Gamers and Gamblers
This study examined whether the association between impulsivity and compulsivity differs across patterns of engagement in gambling and video gaming. A total of 295 Ecuadorian adults (165 video gamers and 130 gamblers) were assessed with the UPPS-P Impulsive Behaviour Scale and the GRACC-18 Compulsivity Assessment Questionnaire …
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Psychological mechanisms in video game monetization: A typology of contemporary strategies beyond loot boxes
Abstract Background and aims Contemporary video game monetization systems are increasingly embedded within gameplay, structuring decision-making and spending. While research has focused on loot boxes, other strategies remain under examined despite relying on similar mechanisms …
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Attenuated dynamic impulse control in risky action under the escalating risk and reward in gambling disorder
Gambling disorder (GD) involves persistent risky choices despite losses, suggesting impaired impulse control. While static paradigms reveal inhibition deficits in GD, they cannot model dynamic risk-reward escalations during real gambling …
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Cognitive Biases in Digital Gambling: Insights from the South African Context
The rapid growth of digital gambling platforms has transformed consumer engagement while increasing psychological vulnerabilities, particularly cognitive biases that distort decision-making and risk perception …
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SAFESLOT: an experimental virtual reality protocol to examine flow, craving, and cognitive biases in gambling
Gambling-related harm comes out from dynamic interactions between craving, cognitive distortions, and physiological responses to gambling outcomes. These processes happen rapidly during play and are strongly influenced by the structural features of slot machine, yet they are seldom captured in real time using ecologically valid methods …
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Impulsivity, Cognitive Distortions, and Problem Gambling Among Spanish Adults Who Gamble: Exploring the Moderating Role of Gambling Self-Efficacy
Gambling self-efficacy is a key construct in understanding gambling behavior and behavior change. This study examined (i) differences between individuals with low and high gambling self-efficacy and (ii) tested whether gambling self-efficacy moderated the associations between impulsivity, gambling-related cognitive distortions, and problem gambling severity …
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Neurocognitive Deficits Associated with Gambling Behavior: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Executive Function, Decision-making, Delay Discounting & Reward Sensitivity
Purpose of the Review: This systematic review and meta-analysis examined whether gambling behavior is associated with neurocognitive deficits across executive function, decision-making, delay discounting, and reward sensitivity, and whether these deficits support the dual-process model of addiction …
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Decision-making and impulsivity in cabergoline-treated prolactinoma: findings from Iowa Gambling, Go/No-Go, and barratt scales
To assess impulsivity, decision-making performance and inhibitory control in prolactinoma patients treated with dopamine agonists (DA), and to compare these parameters with healthy control(HC) subjects. METHODS: A total of 34 patients with prolactinoma, and 35 HCs were included in the study …
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Association of Physical Activity with Impulsivity, Depression and Anxiety Among Patients with Gambling Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study
Gambling disorder (GD) is a behavioral addiction associated with significant psychosocial consequences and high psychiatric comorbidity, including anxiety, depression, and impulsivity; however, the role of physical activity (PA) as a potential modulator of these alterations remains unclear …
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Phenotypes associated with problematic online gaming and gambling: A clustering approach among young adults
Background And Objectives: Excessive engagement in online gaming and gambling is increasingly prevalent among young individuals, particularly first-year university students, and is associated with significant psychosocial damage …
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Exploring real-time associations between momentary distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and gambling behavior in Australian adults: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study
Guided by the dynamic model of relapse, this study examined whether momentary distress intolerance (DI) and emotion regulation (ER; maladaptive and adaptive strategy use) predict gambling behavior (episodes, expenditure, duration) in real time and whether momentary DI and ER interact with each other and with stable (problem gambling severity, high-risk …
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Digital Gambling Marketing and Consumer Behaviour in South Africa: Insights from the Digital Gambling Influence Framework
This study investigates the impact of digital gambling marketing on consumer behaviour, emphasising the interplay among AI-driven personalisation, social media influence, cognitive biases, ethical considerations, and regulatory governance …
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Deconstructing the Narrative of “Scatter Investment” in Online Gambling: The Perspective of Maqashid Sharia and a Review of Indonesian Digital Investment Law
The massive growth of online gambling platforms in Indonesia, particularly games like Higgs Domino Island popularly framed as “Scatter Investment” where “Scatter” refers to a special in-game symbol that triggers bonus rounds or free spins and is often associated with large monetary rewards, reflects a dangerous linguistic and legal distortion that …
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Audiovisual cues must be predictable and win-paired to drive risky choice
Risky or maladaptive decision making is thought to be central to the etiology of both drug and gambling addiction. Salient audiovisual cues paired with rewarding outcomes, such as the jackpot sound on a win, can enhance disadvantageous, risky choice in both rats and humans, yet it is unclear which aspects of the cue-reward contingencies drive this effect …
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The relationship between executive functions, decision-making, and changes in symptoms of gambling disorder in online sports bettors
Deficits in executive functions (EFs) and impulsive decision-making are well-established cognitive mechanisms underlying gambling disorder (GD), though there are some inconsistent findings. This study investigated the relationship between changes in GD symptoms in online sports bettors and specific EFs as well as decision-making processes over time …
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Risk perception and neuro-emotional development in adolescent athletes: psychometric validation of the ESTUDES scales for preventive guidance contexts
Organized sport promotes physical and psychological health in adolescents, improving emotional regulation, self-efficacy and resilience, which are essential for preventing addiction. This study validates an adapted ESTUDES scale for measuring consumption and risk perception in young athletes …
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Associations Between Coping Strategies and Gambling Disorders in University Students: An Exploratory Neural Network Study
Gambling disorders are an escalating public health issue, with notable increases across age groups, particularly among adolescents and young adults. This study examines the role of coping strategies in gambling behaviors among university students aged 17-48 years and explores the prediction potential of artificial neural networks …
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Spatio-temporal differences in EEG dynamics during decision-making between online poker players with moderate-risk and high-risk gambling activity
Problem gamblers (PG) are often treated as a uniform group, though they vary in severity—moderate-risk (MR) and high-risk (HR)—as classified by the Canadian Problem Gambling Index (CPGI). This study investigated whether brain responses during uncertain decision-making differ by gambling severity …
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Gambling refusal self-efficacy and protective behavioral strategies mediate and moderate the relationships between impulsivity and gambling outcomes
Studies suggest that refusal self-efficacy and protective behavioral strategies may influence how impulsivity relates to addictive behaviors. However, their mediating and moderating roles have not yet been examined in the context of gambling …
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Chemogenetic modulation of the prelimbic cortex to the nucleus accumbens core pathway reduces cocaine-induced increase of risk preference
Decision-making impairments are a core symptom of several psychiatric disorders, including gambling and substance use disorders (SUD). These disorders frequently co-occur, suggesting shared neurobiological mechanisms underlying dysfunctional decision-making …
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Gamble game: a pilot mixed-methods study on board games for adolescent gambling prevention in the school setting
Adolescent gambling is an increasing public health concern, posing risks to emotional and social development. Despite legal prohibitions, the normalization of gambling through advertising and informal contexts promotes cognitive distortions and unrealistic expectancies among youth …
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Gambling-Related Cognitive Distortions Among Adolescents: A Gender-Based Analysis
Abstract Cognitive distortions represent one of the most extensively studied cognitive factors in relation to gambling behavior …
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Exposure to Online Gambling Sites in Adolescents with and without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Cross-sectional and One-year Predictors and Associations with Mental Health Problems
Abstract Objective: Exposure to online gambling sites may increase the risk of gambling among adolescents …
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The Influence of Obsessive-Compulsive Traits and Gambling Addiction as Predictors of Risky Gambling Behaviours Among Undergraduate Students
This cross-sectional study examined OC traits and obsessive-compulsive gambling tendencies as predictors of gambling behaviours among 3,712 Nigerian undergraduates …
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Winning For Sale: A Scoping Review Of Pay-To-Win Mechanics and Player Engagement
Loot boxes (LBs) have become one of the most pervasive, controversial monetization mechanisms in digital games. Their randomized rewards, psychological pull factors, and features that resemble gambling have triggered concern among regulators, industry, and researchers. This scoping review (SR) maps the fragmented state of loot box engagement (LBE) research …
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Kumar Bağımlılığında Kabul ve Kararlılık Terapisinin Etkinliği: Derleme
Gambling addiction is a behavioral dependency that severely disrupts individuals' lives and poses significant treatment difficulties. According to World Health Organization figures, approximately 1.2% of the global adult population suffers from gambling disorder …
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ASSESSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GAME DESIGN PREFERENCE, ESCAPISM AND IMPULSIVITY WITH GAMBLING ADDICTION
The growing popularity of mobile gaming, particularly gacha games, has raised increasing concern over their potential association with gambling addiction. Gacha games operate on randomized reward systems that resemble gambling mechanisms and encouraging repeated play and monetary spending in pursuit of uncertain outcomes …
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The Digital Betting Trap: A Neuro-Theological Model of Gambling Addiction Among Young Adults in Monrovia
This study developed the Trauma-Hope-Agency Nexus, a transdisciplinary conceptual model for analyzing Gambling Disorder among young adults in post-conflict Monrovia, Liberia …
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Treatment of gambling addiction and comorbidity with other mental disorders
Įvadas. Patologinis lošimas yra sudėtingas priklausomybės spektro sutrikimas, pasižymintis elgesio kontrolės, impulsyvumo ir emocijų reguliacijos sutrikimais. Pagal DSM-5 ir TLK-11 klasifikacijas, lošimo sutrikimas priskiriamas prie priklausomybių, nes jo neurobiologiniai mechanizmai panašūs į psichoaktyvių medžiagų vartojimo sutrikimus …
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Gambling disorder in the context of couple relationships: a systematic review
In recent years, Gambling Disorder (GD) has gained increasing attention in psychological and neuroscientific research due to its significant behavioral, social, and economic consequences …
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Human-in-the-loop AI for policy communication: improving responsible gambling emails while mitigating illusion of control and emotional reactance
The digital gambling ecosystem requires combining informational accuracy with emotional management in public policy communication for Responsible Gambling (RG) …
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Targeting emotional vulnerability and impulsivity in gambling disorder: a proof-of-concept study on internet delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for comorbid pathway subtypes
Gambling disorder represents a growing global public health challenge, particularly among populations with high symptom severity and psychiatric comorbidity …
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Assessment of Cognitive Emotion Regulation in Gambling Disorder: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Background/Objectives: Gambling disorder (GD) is a behavioral addiction characterized by persistent and repetitive gambling behaviors that cause significant psychological distress and functional impairment. Increasing evidence indicates that difficulties in emotion regulation are a key factor in the development and persistence of GD …
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Problematic Online Gaming and Gambling Among First-Year University Students: Identification of Profiles and Psychological Vulnerabilities
Background And Aims: Problematic engagement in online gaming and gambling has been linked to a range of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral risk factors, yet the mechanisms underlying the severity of these behaviors remain underexplored within high-risk populations such as first-year university students …
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Trait self-responsibility modulates neural responses to near-miss loss: an ERP study
Near-miss loss is outcome that is objectively loss but physically proximal to a win, often triggering higher physiological arousal and motivation than regular loss (full loss). This study investigated how trait self-responsibility modulates the behavioral and neural processing of near and full gambling outcomes …
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Impulsivity and Gambling Addiction in Sports Toto-Playing Male College Students: The Role of Illusion of Control
본 연구에서는 충동성과 도박중독 수준의 관계에서 통제력 착각의 조절효과를 검증하고자 하였다. 연구대상은 온라인 패널을 통해 모집하였고, 스포츠 토토 참여 경험이 있는 만 19세 이상 전국의 남성 대학생 342명이었다. 연구 도구로 한국판 캐나다 문제도박척도, 한국판 다차원적 충동성 척도 및 비합리적 도박신념 척도를 사용하였다. 상관분석과 위계적 회귀분석을 실시한 분석 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 충동성의 하위요인과 통제력 착각은 도박중독 수준과 정적 상관관계를 보였다. 둘째, 충동성과 통제력 착각은 도박중독 수준에 각각 유의한 주효과를 나타냈고, 이들의 상호작용 효과는 충동성의 일부 하위요인에서 제한적으로 확인되었다 …
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Perceived Social Support as a Protective Factor against Gambling Ideation among Undergraduates in Southwest Niger
The rapid expansion of online gambling platforms in Nigeria has raised concerns about gambling ideation among university students.While social support is widely recognised as a buffer against risky behaviours, its specific relationship with gambling-related thoughts remains underexplored in African contexts.This study examined the relationship between …
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Cutting the odds: Understanding non-suicidal self-injury patterns among people gambling online
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and gambling are considered notable public health challenges, each linked to emotion dysregulation, impulsivity, and heightened mental health risks. Although examined separately, their co-occurrence may reflect overlapping vulnerabilities …
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Mobile Gambling: Unexplored Risks to Children and Families
Gambling and sports betting have increased in popularity since the 2018 Supreme Court decision to allow states to authorize these industries to operate online. Although mobile gambling and sports betting are experienced as fun pastimes for some adults, evidence of downsides is mounting …
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Negative correlation between habenular volume and duration of gambling disorder: Modulation by symptom severity and personality traits
Abstract Background and aims Gambling disorder (GD) patients continue to gamble despite negative consequences, and this behavior can be partly attributed to their insensitivity to failures and losses. GD may worsen over time and may stem from dysfunctions in the reward system and habenula, which encodes negative reward prediction errors …
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Identifying Predictors of Gambling Episodes and Craving Using Ecological Momentary Assessment and Smartwatch-Based Physiological Measures: Protocol for a Longitudinal Observational Study
Like other addictive behaviors, problem gambling is often chronic and relapsing. While digital interventions offer low-threshold treatment and support, their effectiveness is often limited by small effect sizes, low adherence, and high dropout rates …
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Is Overconfidence a Risk Factor for Excessive Trading?
Gambling and trading involve similar risks and can be practiced excessively. No study has addressed cognitive distortions in excessive trading during decision-making in experimental task, though the illusion of control is well established in gambling. Overconfidence, closely related to the illusion of control, may be a cognitive factor in excessive trading …
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Diminishing loss sensitivity during risky decision-making among male individuals with gambling disorder
Abstract Background and aims Gambling disorder (GD) poses severe impacts on both individuals and society. Impairment in risky decision-making is a key behavioral characteristic of GD, but the underlying cognitive processes of these deficits remain unclear …
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Relationship of Internet Addiction and Gambling Craving with Personality and Psychological Well-Being
The availability of the Internet in current society has brought about the development of Internet addiction and participation in online gambling …
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When Gaming Becomes Like Gambling: The Role of Flow, Immersion, Craving, and Self-control in Risky Loot Box use among Polish gamers
Loot boxes are in-game items offering randomised rewards, often purchased with real money, and share structural similarities with gambling. Risky loot box use (RLBU) has been associated with gaming disorder (GD) symptoms, gambling-related cognitions, and financial harms. This study examined psychological correlates of RLBU in a sample of Polish gamers …
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Investigasi Fenomena Judi Online dan Determinan Perilaku Adiksi
Online gambling has emerged as a growing public health and social concern, particularly in developing countries with rapid digitalization such as Indonesia. Increased internet accessibility, mobile device usage, and financial technology services have facilitated the widespread adoption of online gambling across diverse age groups, including adolescents …
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Audiovisual cues must be predictable and win-paired to drive risky choice
Risky or maladaptive decision making is thought to be central to the etiology of both drug and gambling addiction. Salient audiovisual cues paired with rewarding outcomes, such as the jackpot sound on a win, can enhance disadvantageous, risky choice in both rats and humans, yet it is unclear which aspects of the cue-reward contingencies drive this effect …
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Mobile Phone Craving in Spain: Associations with Impulsivity, Anxiety, Gaming Problem, and Gambling Severity
Craving for mobile phone use is increasingly discussed as a relevant feature of problematic engagement with digital technologies. This population-based study of 1601 Spanish adults examined psychological factors (impulsivity traits and affective symptoms) and behavioral correlates linked to mobile phone craving …
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UPPS-P Impulsivity, Momentary Affect, and Gambling: An Experience Sampling Method Study
Examine the relations among UPPS-P impulsigenic traits (i.e., Negative and Positive Urgency, Lack of Premeditation, Lack of Perseverance, Sensation Seeking) and momentary affect with gambling behaviors in daily life …
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Neurocognitive functioning in gambling: A systematic review of comparisons with other psychiatric and comorbid conditions
Background/Objectives: Gambling Disorder is recognized as a behavioural addiction with clinical and neurobiological similarities to substance use disorders and overlaps with other psychiatric conditions and comorbidities …
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Algorithms for Loot Box Design
From Loot Boxes to Better Design: Pricing Randomized Products Randomized rewards—often described as “mystery packs” or “blind-box” mechanics—are now a familiar feature in many video games. Yet choosing a loot box’s price and the odds of each possible drop is not just a design decision; it is a challenging optimization problem …
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Mindfulness-based interventions for gambling disorder: A systematic review
Abstract Background and Aims Gambling disorder (GD) presents significant psychological, financial, and social consequences. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have emerged as promising adjunctive treatments. However, the evidence base remains heterogeneous …
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Hot Hand Effects: Analyzing MLB Starting Pitchers in Daily Fantasy Sports and Betting Markets
This study investigates the existence and market response to the “hot hand” effect among Major League Baseball starting pitchers. Using a novel methodology that classifies pitchers as hot, cold, or neutral based on context-adjusted recent performance, we find strong evidence that short-term streaks predict daily fantasy sports (DFS) outcomes …
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Performing a motor action enhances associative learning in the absence of choice
Forming pavlovian associations is fundamental to human behaviour. From gambling to social interactions, rewards are frequently preceded by motor actions. While studies have shown that making a choice enhances reward learning, in many cases (e.g. playing a slot machine), actions are performed without control over outcomes …
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Evidence-based prevention of gambling dual disorder through clinical neuroscience and precision psychiatry
Gambling is a common activity that becomes problematic in some vulnerable individuals, with gambling disorder (GD) now recognised as a bona fide mental/brain disorder. Several factors are associated with vulnerability to developing GD, including other mental disorders and pathological personality traits like high impulsivity …
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Esports bettors versus traditional sports bettors: Differences in demographics, impulsivity, psychopathological symptoms, and gaming and gambling behavior
Background And Aims: Esports betting (i.e., betting on the outcome of professional competitive videogaming matches) has become a regular feature of most online gambling websites in recent years …
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Bayesians Commit the Gambler's Fallacy
The gambler's fallacy is the tendency to expect random processes to switch more often than they actually do-for example, to assign a higher probability to heads after a streak of tails. It's often taken to be evidence for irrationality. It isn't …
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The sports gambling novice experience: an autoethnography of a woman bettor
Guided by scholarship on fandom, gendered leisure, and sports gambling, this study examines a woman’s novice experience with legalized sports betting in North America. Employing an analytic autoethnography, the study documents the lead author’s first-time engagement with sports betting during the 2024–2025 National Football League season and playoffs …
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When the game gets personal: the dark side of affective states in a virtual gambling scenario – an exploratory ERP study
Mood and cognition are crucial determinants of risk-taking behavior, yet their interaction remains incompletely understood. This study examined how incidental affective states influence risky decision-making by combining a novel multisensory Mood Induction Procedure (MIP) with an immersive virtual reality (VR) slot machine task …
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Using prediction markets and forecasting surveys to predict 28 replication outcomes of classic articles in social psychology and judgement and decision making
Abstract Can researchers predict if classic findings published in the field of social psychology and judgement and decision making replicate? We set up prediction markets and a forecasting survey for predicting replications of 28 experiments of classic well-cited articles …
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Attentional biases in self-control are associated with reward cue-related brain activity
Successfully resolving self-control conflicts requires individuals to integrate information about the hedonic value of a temptation with its impact on distant goals. Functional neuroimaging research demonstrates that cue-related activity in the brain's reward system predicts self-control failures ranging from weight gain and drug use to gambling disorders …
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Online color-guessing game-related gambling disorder in a young adult: A case report
Gambling disorder is a persistent pattern of gambling behaviour that leads to significant bio-psycho-social impairment. It increasingly manifests through online platforms due to accessibility, anonymity, and rapid reinforcement cycles …
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Factors Influencing Treatment Outcomes in a Randomized Clinical Trial for Gambling Disorder: A Secondary Analysis
Unlabelled: Introduction: Sociodemographic background factors, gambling game type, depressive symptoms, and comorbid substance use have been associated with gambling disorder, but the associations of these factors with treatment outcomes remain unclear …
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Resting-state EEG power and machine-learning classification in adult males with gambling disorder
Gambling disorder (GD) is a behavioral addiction sharing neurobiological features with substance use disorders, yet objective biomarkers remain limited. This study examined resting-state EEG power and applied machine learning to identify potential electrophysiological markers of GD …
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Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation of the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Improves Behavioral Inhibition by Enhancing the Processing Depth and Anticipation of Outcomes in a Gambling Task
Disordered gambling and other behavioral addictions are characterized by a lack of behavioral inhibition, such that patients repeatedly make disadvantageous decisions and fail to disengage from maladaptive behavior …
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When rejection backfires: Social exclusion and economic decision-making in gamblers
Abstract Background and aims Economic decision-making deviates from rational choice models and is influenced by social factors, particularly fairness considerations and belonging needs …
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Transformation of Management Paradigms in the Digitally Regulated Gambling Industry
Purpose. The purpose of this study is to analyse the transformation of managerial paradigms in the gambling industry under the influence of digitalisation, Big Data technologies, and increased regulatory control …
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Learning Probability Through Games and Gambling: Cognitive Pitfalls and Educational Remedies
Probability is taught not only in the classroom, but also in more mundane probability games such as board games, lotteries, and gamified consumer goods.Such contexts can enhance intuition regarding randomness, but they can also increase biases in thinking, like the gambler's fallacy, and hot-hand belief, as well as near-miss effects.This paper is a …
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Exploring common representations in multi-task federated lottery ticket learning
Federated multi-task learning on edge devices faces prohibitive communication and computational costs from dense neural networks. We propose a framework that overcomes this by integrating a sparse hidden neural network, inspired by the lottery ticket hypothesis, with ATLAS, a dynamic sharing algorithm based on the common bases hypothesis (CBH) …
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Comparing Justifications and Permissive Beliefs in Relation to Gambling Severity
People use reasons to justify engaging in desirable behaviors. To tap such reasoning, two questionnaires were recently developed: one assessed justifications in gambling behavior, and one assessed permissive beliefs in other addictive behaviors, separating two constructs of deserving reward and defensive optimism …
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Cognitive Biases in Digital Gambling: Insights from the South African Context
The rapid growth of digital gambling platforms has transformed consumer engagement while increasing psychological vulnerabilities, particularly cognitive biases that distort decision-making and risk perception …
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Aripiprazole Induced Gambling, in Patients with Learning Disabilities
In this paper we explore the potential association between aripiprazole—a partial dopamine agonist and gambling …
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The Influence of Stress, Impulsivity and Irrational Gambling Beliefs on Gambling Behavior in Nursing Students
본 연구는 간호대학생의 스트레스, 충동성 및 비합리적 도박신념이 도박행동에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위한 서술적 조사연구이다. 본 연구의 대상자는 일 지역에 소재한 2개의 4년제 대학교 간호대학생이며, 구조화된 설문지를 사용하여 2025년 5월 26일부터 6월 13일까지 자료를 수집하였다. 자료 분석은 SPSS 26.0 프로그램으로 대상자의 일반적 특성은 빈도, 백분율, 스트레스, 충동성, 비합리적 도박신념, 도박행동은 평균, 표준편차, 대상자의 일반적 특성에 따른 스트레스, 충동성, 비합리적 도박신념, 도박행동 차이는 t-검정, ANOVA, 사후검정은 Scheffe 검정을 실시하였다 …
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Personality and impulsivity traits associated with problematic online gaming and poker playing
Online gambling and gaming are associated with Problematic Usage of the Internet (PUI) in subgroups of individuals …
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A Comparative Analysis of Risk Perception, Risk Tolerance, and Expected Return on University Students’ Interest in Online Gambling and Stock Investment
The growing participation of university students in both stock investment and online gambling raises concerns regarding how psychological factors shape financial decision-making …
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Online Gambling and Changes in Adolescent Behavior: A Social Perspective and Implications for Education in Cilegon City
The rapid expansion of digital technologies has intensified adolescents’ exposure to online gambling, raising concerns about its social, educational, and psychological consequences …
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Instilling Discipline Based on Teacher Exemplary Behavior in Madrasas: A Literature Review
The rapid expansion of digital technologies has intensified adolescents’ exposure to online gambling, raising concerns about its social, educational, and psychological consequences …
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Exploring the Cyberpsychology and Public Health Risks of Online Sports Gambling
Online gambling has rapidly evolved into a complex public mental health concern driven by persuasive digital architecture, expansive accessibility, and targeted promotional strategies …
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Gray matter volume predicts decision speed and reveals stage-specific contributions of large-scale brain networks in gambling tasks
Large-scale brain networks are well-established in resting-state research and are increasingly being used in task-based functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies. However, the mechanisms by which brain networks dynamically reorganize across the various stages of decision-making remain unclear …
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Adaptive Allocation of Monte Carlo Samples for Efficient, Multifidelity Computational Screening of Metal-Organic Frameworks
For applications in gas sensing, purification, and capture, we often wish to search a large set of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for the top-K in terms of their Henry coefficients for an adsorbate …
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On the investigation of the (gambler’s/hot hand) fallacy: case of Jakarta Islamic Index
Purpose The hot hand fallacy is generally prevalent in information-driven decisions and calculated risk-taking choices. While gambling fallacious behavior is common in investors who approach the stock markets as gamblers. This paper aims to examine the presence of Gambler’s or hot hand fallacy in the Islamic stock market …
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Betting on Health: The Impact of Online Gambling Addiction on Blood pressure in Indian Youth – A Case Series
In recent years, India has seen a rise in online gambling due to its partial legalization, leading to an increase in online casinos and gambling platforms. This shift has brought about growing concerns about online gambling addiction, particularly among adolescents …
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Sleep transcends limited knowledge to support logical reward-related decisions in a novel task in male mice
Sleep is essential for strengthening memory and consolidation. Emerging evidence supports its role in cognitive processes such as rule abstraction and inference. However, how sleep influences logical nongambling probabilistic decision-making has yet to be discovered …
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The role of craving in gambling behavior: examining its relevance and links to psychological distress, personality, and demographics
Several studies have sought to investigate gambling craving and its potential contribution to gambling problems. One aim of this line of research has been to further examine whether craving should be considered a separate diagnostic criterion for gambling disorder, which it currently is not …
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Metacognition and Metacognitive Therapy in Gambling Disorder
Gambling Disorder (GD) is associated with substantial financial, psychological, and interpersonal harms. Emerging evidence highlights metacognitive mechanisms as central to the onset and maintenance of addictive behaviors …
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Cricket live streaming and promotion of betting Apps: influence on Audience
This paper addresses the role of the live streaming of cricketing and advertisement of betting applications in determining audience behavior through a mixed-method research process …
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Cognitive-behavioral psychological approach in the treatment of pathological gambling in the case of a beneficiary with antisocial and suicidal behavior: a case study
The analysis, understanding, and interpretation of the role, clinical implications, as well as the cognitive substrate underlying gambling pathology are of major importance for both clarifying protective strategies in the field of prevention and optimizing the diagnostic and intervention components …
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Greater impulsivity is associated with a reduced propensity to cash out of bets
A common feature of contemporary sports-betting apps is 'instant cash-out', which allows users to settle a bet early in exchange for a discounted immediate payout. Despite high prevalence and links with gambling-related harm, relatively little is known about how personality traits associated with gambling, such as impulsivity, predict instant cash-out usage …
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Acting for Reasons: In Defence of Common-Sense Psychology , by Emma Borg
You are playing a game of blackjack, and you have gone bust in the last five hands. On the next hand, you think to yourself, ‘Okay. Deep breath. Five busts in a row. Statistically improbable. That means I’m due. I have to be due. The deck owes me.’ So you bet all your remaining chips. You’re dealt a 9 and a 7, so you hit again …
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Mapping affective pathways to compulsion: Insights from an aversive devaluation approach
Abstract Background and aims Dysregulation in instrumental control systems is implicated in compulsivity, a transdiagnostic construct proposed to underlie diverse maladaptive behaviors. While habit formation in reward-based learning is well-characterized, its role in avoidance learning remains less understood …
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Cognitive Bias and the Impact of Age on Sports Betting
Popularized and heavily promoted sports betting is new to the North American sports landscape. It is a highly competitive market and as a result, providers aggressively advertise and incentivize. Several vulnerable segments exist, but young adults are most susceptible to irrational decision-making yet receive the most attention from advertisers …
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Examining the illusion of control via outcome sequences in online slot machine gambling
Background The illusion of control is a cognitive bias where individuals overestimate their personal influence over random events …
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EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND GAMBLING IDEATION AMONG UNDERGRADUATES OF UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA
The expansion of online gambling platforms in Nigeria has heightened public health concerns, particularly for university students susceptible to risk-taking behaviors due to developmental factors …
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Verbal memory dysfunction in substance use and gambling addictive disorders: a comparative analysis of performance accuracy and error typologies
Addiction is increasingly recognized as a disorder involving not only reward dysregulation but also alterations in core cognitive processes, including learning and memory …
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Problem Gambling and its Relation to Delayed Reward Discounting: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Abstract Delayed reward discounting (DRD) refers to the phenomenon where future rewards are perceived as less valuable compared to immediate rewards. The extent of this devaluation has been repeatedly linked to addictive behaviors. DRD could play an important role in the development and maintenance of problem gambling …
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Illusion of Control in Gambling Behavior in a Non-Clinical Sample of Adults Aged 40-75
The illusion of control (IoC) is a cognitive distortion implicated in risky and problem gambling …
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The Illusion of Control in Sports Betting: How AI-Framed Probability Influences Wagering Decision
This study investigates how framing sports betting odds as AI-predicted win rates influences wagering behavior, compared to identical predictions labeled as originating from human experts …
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Cabergoline-Induced Gambling Causing Increased Adrenal Crisis Episodes
Dopamine agonists have been used in the treatment of acromegaly, but they are modestly effective and are rarely associated with impulse control disorders (ICDs). We present the case of a 34-year-old woman with acromegaly who underwent transsphenoidal resection for an invasive pituitary macroadenoma, followed by the development of panhypopituitarism …
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Loot boxes nos video games: análise do perfil biopsicossocial dos jogadores e impactos na saúde mental
O crescimento da indústria de vídeo games e a introdução de mecânicas de microtransações, como as loot boxes, têm despertado preocupação devido ao seu potencial de associação com comportamentos aditivos, impulsivos e prejuízos psicológicos …
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Interrelationships among gambling-related cognitions, gambling severity, depression severity, and treatment motivation in individuals with gambling disorder
This study aims to identify the factors influencing treatment motivation in individuals with gambling disorder, assess the presence of co-occurring depression, and examine cognitive distortions related to gambling to inform targeted treatment strategies. The study included 60 patients who sought help for gambling-related issues …
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Histone deacetylase inhibitor sodium butyrate increases risk-taking during acquisition of the rat gambling task
Rationale: Pairing casino-inspired audiovisual cues with reward delivery significantly increases risky decision-making in laboratory-based gambling tasks across rats and humans. The neurocognitive mechanisms underlying this effect are unclear …
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Frequency of Pathological Gambling Among Egyptian Patients with Substance Use Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract Background Substance use disorder is one of the most complicated problems that face not only medical professionals but the whole community. This results from the enormous personal, social, and economic costs of such disorder …