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标题：NEAR-MISS EFFECTS ON RESPONSE LATENCIES AND WIN ESTIMATIONS OF SLOT MACHINE PLAYERS
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作者：Dixon, Mark R ; Schreiber, James E
期刊名称：The Psychological Record
印刷版ISSN：0033-2933
电子版ISSN：2163-3452
出版年度：2004
卷号：54
期号：3
页码：1
出版社：Southern Illinois University Carbondale
摘要：The present study examined the degree to which slot machinenear-miss trials, or trials that displayed 2 of 3 winning symbols onthe payoff line, affected response times and win estimations of 12recreational slot machine players. Participants played acommercial slot machine in a casino-like laboratory for courseextra-credit points. Videotaped sessions were later coded toassess trial types and participant response latencies and winestimations for each participant. Results show that all 12participants emitted verbalizations suggesting near-miss trialswere of a higher approximation to a win than non-near-miss losingtrials. Of the 12 participants 8 also demonstrated higher responselatencies following losing trials than following winning trials.Variations across participants' response latencies were attributedto the presence of and response to near miss trials. Theimplications of the near-miss on game preference, resistance toextinction, and the development of a behavioral treatment forpathological gamblers are discussed.