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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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2008
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