Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 3 , Pages 165-173 , 30 March 2010

Neurobiological correlates of problem gambling in a quasi-realistic blackjack scenario as revealed by fMRI

  • Stephan F. Miedl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, Center for Cognitive Sciences (ZKW), University of Bremen, Germany
    • Institute of Psychology and Cognition Research, University of Bremen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, Center for Cognitive Sciences (ZKW), University of Bremen – Cognium Building, Hochschulring 18, D-28359 Bremen, Germany. Tel.: +49 421 218 68744; fax: +49 421 218 68759.
    • ,
  • Thorsten Fehr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, Center for Cognitive Sciences (ZKW), University of Bremen, Germany
    • Center for Advanced Imaging – CAI Bremen, University of Bremen, Germany
    • ,
  • Gerhard Meyer

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychology and Cognition Research, University of Bremen, Germany
    • ,
  • Manfred Herrmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, Center for Cognitive Sciences (ZKW), University of Bremen, Germany
    • Center for Advanced Imaging – CAI Bremen, University of Bremen, Germany

Received 2 October 2009 ,Revised 18 November 2009 ,Accepted 19 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.11.008

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 3 , Pages 165-173 , 30 March 2010

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