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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451962303321

Titolo

Midbrain mutiny [[electronic resource] ] : the picoeconomics and neuroeconomics of disordered gambling : economic theory and cognitive science / / Don Ross ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008

ISBN

0-262-26445-5

1-282-09946-9

9786612099465

0-262-28264-X

1-4356-3525-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RossDon <1962->

Disciplina

616.85/841

Soggetti

Compulsive gambling

Motivation (Psychology)

Reward (Psychology)

Choice (Psychology)

Neuroeconomics

Economics

Cognitive science

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Bradford book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-289) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Is there such a thing as addiction? -- Gambling in scientific focus -- Picoeconomics, impulsive consumption, and disordered gambling -- Behavioral and psychological investigations of disordered gambling -- The neuroeconomics of addiction -- Addictive gambling as the basic form of addiction -- Clinical evidence and implications -- The microexplanation of disordered gambling.

Sommario/riassunto

An analysis of how economic theories can be used to understand disordered and pathological gambling that calls on empirical evidence about behavior and the brain and argues that addictive gambling is the basic form of all addiction.