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Gambling and decision-making: A dual process perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2008

Kenny R. Coventry
Kenny R. Coventry
Affiliation:
Cognition and Communication Research Centre, School of Psychology and Sport Sciences, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE1 8ST, United Kingdom. kenny.coventry@northumbria.ac.ukhttp://kenny.coventry.googlepages.com/
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Abstract

The consideration of gambling as a decision-making disorder may fail to explain why the majority of people gamble, yet only a small percentage of people lose control of their behaviour to the point where their gambling becomes problematic. The application of dual process theories to gambling addiction offers a means of explaining the differences between “normal” and “problem” gambling, augmenting the multiple vulnerabilities proposed by Redish et al.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , August 2008 , pp. 444 - 445
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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