Impulsivity, dopamine and the behavioral economics of gambling

This is a current project.

Description

Humans and nonhumans alike discount the value of delayed outcomes relative to immediate outcomes. This discounting process is correlated with substance abuse and pathological gambling. This project will examine biological, pharmacological, and therapeutic variables that may affect delay discounting and the development of human pathological gambling.

Project Administration

Greg Madden, principal investigator
Stephen Fowler, co-principal investigator

Project Contact

Greg Madden, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Applied Behavioral Science
University of Kansas
4048 Dole Human Development Center
Lawrence, KS 66045
gmadden@ku.edu
(785) 864-0504 (phone)
(785) 864-5202 (fax)

This is a project of:

Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (KIDDRC)

Funded by:

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)


Lab:

Behavioral Economics Lab

Publications

Madden, G. J., Smith, N. G., Brewer, A. T., Pinkston, J. W., Johnson, P. S. (2008).Steady-state assessment of impulsive choice in Lewis and Fischer 344 rats: between-condition delay manipulations. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 90(3), 333-344. Full-text link.

Madden, G. J., Petry, N. M., Johnson, P. S. (2009). Pathological gamblers discount probabilistic rewards less steeply than matched controls. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 17(5), 283-290. Full-text link.

Madden, G. J., Kalman, D. (2010). Effects of bupropion on simulated demand for cigarettes and the subjective effects of smoking. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 12(4), 416-422. Full-text link.

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