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Behavioral And Psychophysiological Effects Of Near-Miss Outcomes In A Game Of War, Erin Wylie Jul 2019

Behavioral And Psychophysiological Effects Of Near-Miss Outcomes In A Game Of War, Erin Wylie

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Within the gambling literature, the misidentification of outcomes has been shown to affect gambling behaviors in players. A notably salient stimulus frequently cited as leading to the misidentification of wins is near-misses. Near-misses occur when the outcome of an event closely resembles a winning outcome, even though it is a loss. The current study intended to further investigate the effects of near-misses relative to wins and losses on player’s inter-trial latencies and the presence of the feedback-related negativity (FRN) and P300 event related potentials (ERPs) in a game of war card game. FRN is a negative fronto-central ERP component occurring …