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Video game loot boxes are psychologically akin to gambling
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posted on 2023-05-19, 19:29
authored by
Drummond, A
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James Sauer
James Sauer
Video games are increasingly exposing young players to randomized in-game reward mechanisms, purchasable for real money — so-called loot boxes. Do loot boxes constitute a form of gambling?
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Publication title
Nature Human Behaviour
Pagination
530-532
ISSN
2397-3374
Department/School
School of Psychological Sciences
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Place of publication
United Kingdom
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Decision making
Keywords
gambling
video games
operant conditioning
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