Knowing when to stop: the brain mechanisms of chasing losses.

BACKGROUND: Continued gambling to recover previous losses ("loss-chasing") is central to pathological gambling. However, very little is known about the neural mechanisms that mediate this behavior. METHODS: We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine neural activity wh...

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Main Authors: Campbell-Meiklejohn, D, Woolrich, M, Passingham, R, Rogers, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008