Psychiatry Research
Volume 153, Issue 3 , Pages 233-243 , 3 December 2007

Decision-making and neuroendocrine responses in pathological gamblers

  • Kirsten Labudda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiological Psychology, University of Bielefeld, P.O. Box 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 521 1064482; fax: +49 521 1066049.
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  • Oliver T. Wolf

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Psychology, University of Bielefeld, P.O. Box 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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  • Hans J. Markowitsch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiological Psychology, University of Bielefeld, P.O. Box 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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  • Matthias Brand

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiological Psychology, University of Bielefeld, P.O. Box 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany

Received 7 June 2006 ,Revised 13 October 2006 ,Accepted 1 February 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.02.002

Psychiatry Research
Volume 153, Issue 3 , Pages 233-243 , 3 December 2007

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