Griffiths: Cognitive Bias and Skill in Gambling

In this study Mark Griffiths is investigating some of the cognitive differences between regular and non-regular gamblers. In particular he is interested in discovering whether regular fruit machine payers think differently to non-regular players. That is, whether regular fruit machine players display cognitive distortions. You can read the full text article of the 1994 study here at PsychExchange or for a more concise and readable versions pop over to Holah.co.uk. Last January Mark Griffiths spoke at conferences in Leeds and London about this study and the context into which it fell.  Here we have podcasts of the conference and the PowerPoint which was used at the conference (Thanks to Mark Griffiths for providing the powerpoint). Mark Griffiths Talk: Full Version Mark Griffiths Talk: Edited Version PsychBLOG Interview Following on from the excellent OCR conferences in Leeds and London where we were given the opportunity to see Griffiths and Reicher & Haslam OCR have made available ‘podcasts’ of the talks so that everyone can hear what they have to say.
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