Midbrain mutiny : the picoeconomics and neuroeconomics of disordered gambling : economic theory and cognitive science - Ross, Don, 1962- (Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2008)
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.
"A Bradford book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-289) and index.
Keywords: Compulsive gambling; Motivation (Psychology); Reward (Psychology); Choice (Psychology); Neuroeconomics; Economics; Cognitive science; Gambling; Behavior, Addictive; Cognitive Science; Economics