Real and laboratory gambling, sensation-seeking and arousal.

摘要: The existence and importance of excitement in gambling, the effects runs wins losses on gambling behaviour relationships both with sensation-seeking were investigated using samples students experienced gamblers real artificial situations. Heart-rate increases, events such as 'stake decision time' recorded subjects played blackjack. Significant differences between casinos found for mean heart-rate increases over base-lines, sensation-seeking, arousal two conditions. Doubt is cast laboratory a valid analogue situation. Sensation-seeking are discussed briefly relation to explanations gambling.