L'Encéphale.
Publisher:
Delarue. Paris Masson
Frequency: Six no. a year,
Country: France
Language: fre
Author(s):
Société de pharmacie de Paris., Colloque international sur la chlorpromazine et les médicaments neuroleptiques en thérapeutique psychiatrique
Start Year:1906 -
ISSN:
0013-7006 (Print)
0013-7006 (Linking)
0013-7006 (Linking)
Impact Factor
2.7
2022
| NLM ID: | 7505643 |
| (DNLM): | E06520000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 01350713 |
| Coden: | ENCEAN |
| Classification: | W1 EN223 |
[Sensation seeking in a French population of horse betting gamblers: comparison between pathological and regular]. A theoretical position on the role of arousal in gambling comes in the form of Zuckerman's theory of sensation seeking. Zuckerman originally suggested a relationship between sensation seeking and gambling in which individuals entertain the risk of monetary loss for the positive reinforcement produced by states of high arousal during the periods of uncertainty, as well as the positive arousal produced by winning. However, this hypothesis has received inconsistent support. Results of the literature support the view that there is a difference between gambling form selection and use, suggesting th...