Nonhuman gamblers: Lessons from rodents, primates, and robots

The search for neuronal and psychological underpinnings of pathological gambling in humans would benefit from investigating related phenomena also outside of our species. In this paper, we present a survey of studies in three widely different populations of agents, namely rodents, non-human primates, and robots. Each of these populations offers valuable and complementary insights on the topic, as the literature demonstrates. In addition, we highlight the deep and complex connections between relevant results across these different areas of research (i.e., cognitive and computational neuroscience, neuroethology, cognitive primatology, neuropsychiatry, evolutionary robotics), to make the case for a greater degree of methodological integration in future studies on pathological gambling.

Tipo Pubblicazione: 
Articolo
Author or Creator: 
Paglieri, Fabio
Addessi, Elsa
De Petrillo, Francesca
Laviola, Giovanni
Mirolli, Marco
Parisi, Domenico
Petrosino, Giancarlo
Ventricelli, Marialba
Zoratto, Francesca
Adriani, Walter
Publisher: 
Frontiers Research Foundation,, Lausanne , Svizzera
Source: 
Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience 8 (2014). doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00033
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Paglieri, Fabio; Addessi, Elsa; De Petrillo, Francesca; Laviola, Giovanni; Mirolli, Marco; Parisi, Domenico; Petrosino, Giancarlo; Ventricelli, Marialba; Zoratto, Francesca; Adriani, Walter/titolo:Nonhuman gamblers: Lessons from
Date: 
2014
Resource Identifier: 
http://www.cnr.it/prodotto/i/307285
https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00033
info:doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00033
Language: 
Eng
ISTC Author: 
Ritratto di Elsa Addessi
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Ritratto di Fabio Paglieri
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Ritratto di Marco Mirolli
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