PSYCHOLOGY OF GAMBLING: NEW RESEARCH -- PSYCHOLOGY OF GAMBLING: NEW RESEARCH -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: EVIDENCE FOR A BIOLOGICAL COMPONENT OF DECISION-MAKING IN GAMBLING: A CRITICAL REVIEW -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX AND VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX: INTEGRATED ROLES? -- ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX AND VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX: DISTINCT ROLES? -- INVOLVEMENT OF OTHER BRAIN REGIONS -- THE ROLE OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: THE SOMATIC MARKER HYPOTHESIS IN PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING -- ABSTRACT -- PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING: DESCRIPTION -- A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION BY A GENETIC POINT OF VIEW -- CONDITIONING AND PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING -- DISFUNCTIONAL BELIEFS IN PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLERS -- THE INTEGRATION OF THE MODELS -- THE SOMATIC MARKER HYPOTHESIS -- SOMATIC REACTIONS IN PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLERS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE. VULNERABILITY MARKERS FOR PROBLEM GAMBLING -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- IMPORTANT VULNERABILITY MARKERS -- Impulsivity -- Familial Functioning -- POTENTIAL VULNERABILITY MARKERS -- Negative Emotional States -- Co-Morbid Substance and Alcohol Use -- Level of Education -- Gender -- Sensation-Seeking -- BIOLOGICAL MARKERS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING IN FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: DECISIONAL PROCESSES UNDERPINNING ONLINE GAMBLING -- ABSTRACT -- PROBABILITY AND GAMBLING -- THE POPULATION OF EVENTS -- INDEPENDENCE OF EVENTS -- PROBABILITY -- DECISION PROCESSES -- EVIDENCE -- ONLINE INFLUENCE -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6: HOME-CAGE TESTING OF CHOICE BEHAVIOUR: PRONENESS TO RISK IN A GAMBLING TASK -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- Subjects -- Apparatus.

Protocol for Gambling Task -- Analysis of Data in Terms of "Odds" -- Analysis of Data in Terms of "Ghost Ratio" -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- Imposed "P" Value -- Experienced "P" Value -- Analysis of Data in Terms of "Ghost Ratio" -- Circadian Features of the Preference Shift -- CONCLUSION -- Advantages and Disadvantages of Home-Cage Testing -- Implications for Preclinical Neuro-Psychiatry Models -- Relevance and Future Perspective -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7: PROMINENT DECK B PHENOMENON:ARE DECISION-MAKERS SENSITIVE TO LONG-TERMOUTCOME IN THE IOWA GAMBLING TASK? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSIONS -- CONCLUSION -- COMPETING INTERESTS -- AUTHORS' CONTRIBUTIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8: THE VALIDITY OF AN INTEGRATED COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL MODEL OF GAMBLING BEHAVIOUR WITH A CHINESE SAMPLE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Variables Investigated and Rationale of This Study -- METHOD -- Participants -- Measures -- Procedure -- RESULTS -- Preliminary Data Analysis -- Distribution of Measured Variables and Zero-Order Correlations -- Main Path Analyses -- Reverse Prediction Analyses -- Gender Differences: Testing Model for Invariancebetween Genders -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9: THE ROLE OF TEMPERAMENT AND „NEAR-MISS‟ WHEN PLAYING A SIMULATED SLOT MACHINE: THE CASE OF BETTING BEHAVIOR -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENT -- Participants -- Materials -- Procedure -- Results -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10: BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT FOR GAMBLING -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PHASE 1: MOTIVATIONAL STAGE -- 1. Motivational Interview -- 2. Behavioral Contract -- PHASE 2: OVERCOMING THE DESIRE AND THE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME -- 1. Reducing Discomfort -- 2. Protection from Situations That Can Lead to Gambling -- PHASE 3: BEHAVIORAL AND ATTITUDINAL CHANGES.

1. Deconditioning -- 2. Modification of the Cognitive Distortions -- 3. Training in Alternative Behaviors -- PHASE 4: CONSOLIDATION -- 1. Prevention of Relapses -- 2. Abstinence Violation Effect -- 3. Psychological Principles Involved in Relapses -- 4. Training in Relapse Prevention -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11: ESTIMATING THE EFFECTS OF CASINOS AND OF LOTTERIES ON CRIME: A PANEL DATA SET APPROACH -- ABSTRACT -- THE GROWTH OF GAMBLING -- NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF GAMBLING -- NEW DATA AND A NEW MODEL -- THE RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12: NOISY VERIFICATION ALGORITHMS PROTECTED AGAINST GAMBLING -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Games with a Gambler -- 2.1.General rules of the games -- 2.2.The binary game -- 2.3.Non-binary games -- 3.Biometric Verification Problems -- 3.1.Statement of the problems -- 3.2.Models for binary observation channels -- 4.Verification Schemes Specified by the Rules of the Games with a Gambler -- 4.1.Memory containing metric function -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- INDEX.