Substance Use without a Substance: The Risk Factors and Mechanisms of Gambling

Friday, May 22, 2020 · Virtual

Symposium · Friday, May 22, 2020 · 2:30 PM – 3:50 PM ET

Subject Area: Cognitive

This symposium focuses on features of the gambling environments that have been identified as risk-factors for escalated gambling. Design features such as win-paired audio-visual feedback, salient wins on slot machines, and gambling features in online games can promote escalated gambling and gaming. We discuss policy implications for preventing escalated gambling.

Chairs & Discussants

A. Timur SevincerChair
University of Hamburg
Gabriele OettingenCoChair
New York University
Gabriele OettingenCoChair
University of Hamburg
Jon GrantDiscussant
University of Chicago

Presentations

In the Zone? Eye Tracking of Slot Machine Gambling and Immersive ExperienceLuke Clark, Spencer Murch, Eve Limbrick-Oldfield, Mario Ferrari, Jolande Fokken, Mariya Cherkasova, Miriam Spering
Risk-Promoting Effects of Win-Paired Sensory Feedback: Implications for Problem GamblingMariya Cherkasova, Brittney Russell, Luke Clark, Jason Barton, A. Jon Stoessl, Catharine A. Winstanley
Acute Alcohol Consumption As a Risk-Factor for Escalated GamblingA. Timur Sevincer, Jennifer Brinkmann, Gabriele Oettingen
Online Social Casino Games As Risk Factors for Gambling DisordersAlexander Blaszczynski, Sally Gainsbury

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Substance Use without a Substance: The Risk Factors and Mechanisms of Gambling

Chairs & Discussants

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