Go–no-go performance in pathological gamblers

Kertzman, Semion; Lowengrub, Katherine; Aizer, Anat; Vainder, Michael; Kotler, Moshe; Dannon, Pinhas N.

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2007.06.026

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“…When attempting to understand if specific executive control processes contribute to within-session loss-chasing behaviour it is prudent to begin exploring two of the most commonly observed executive function deficits observed in addiction populations, including problem gamblers, principally Response Inhibition (Billieux et al 2012;Conversano et al 2012;Goudriaan et al 2006;Kertzman et al 2008) and Reflection Impulsivity (Lawrence et al 2009b;Clark et al 2009a;Cohen et al 2010;Quednow et al 2007).…”

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Understanding Within-Session Loss-Chasing: An Experimental Investigation of the Impact of Stake Size on Cognitive Control

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Loss-chasing is a central feature of problematic gambling, yet it remains a poorly conceived and understood concept. Loss-chasing is believed to stem from an erosion of cognitive control when gambling. The opportunity to gamble at significantly disparate stake sizes on a gambling activity is considered to be a risk factor for loss-chasing. This study investigated the impact of gambling at disparate stake sizes on executive processes integral to maintaining cognitive control when gambling, namely response inhibition and reflection impulsivity. Frequent adult non-problem gamblers (n = 32) participated in a repeated measures experiment; and gambled at three disparate stake sizes (£20, £2 and no stake per bet) on a simulated gambling task. Participants' response inhibition performance and reflection impulsivity levels after gambling at various stake sizes were compared via a go/no-go task and information sampling task, respectively. Quality of decision-making i.e. the evaluation of available information to make probability judgements was impaired after gambling at higher stakes in comparison to lower stakes, indicating an increase in reflection impulsivity. No effect on response inhibition was observed. Although exploratory, this suggests that the opportunity for participants to substantially increase stake size on a gambling activity may be a risk factor for impaired cognitive performance when gambling, and perhaps create vulnerability for within-session loss-chasing in some players.

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“…Besides behavioral studies pointing at diminished executive functions such as diminished response inhibition in problem gamblers [9,10,11,12], also some fMRI studies [13,14,15] focused on these processes. One of the earliest studies was conducted by Potenza [14]: in a Stroop task, pathological gamblers exhibited decreased activity in the left ventromedial prefrontal cortex in response to incongruent stimuli.…”

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From Symptoms to Neurobiology: Pathological Gambling in the Light of the New Classification in DSM-5

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Pathological gambling (PG), as defined until recently in the DSM-IV, shares many clinical characteristics with substance use disorders (SUDs), such as craving and loss of control. Moreover, an increasing body of literature also revealed neurobiological similarities between PG and substance-related addictions. Further, specific treatments for SUD are also effective in pathological gamblers. These observations resulted in a recent change in the diagnostic classification of PG in DSM-5: maladaptive gambling behavior is now subsumed as ‘gambling disorder' (GD) under the category ‘substance-related and addictive disorders'. On the basis of similarities in clinical characteristics between GD and SUDs, this article proposes 3 main clusters of diagnostic criteria: ‘loss of control', ‘craving/withdrawal' and ‘neglect of other areas in life'. These symptom clusters can then be related to the experimental paradigms commonly used in the neuroscience of addiction, including neuropsychological, neurophysiological and neuroimaging studies. In this paper, we present the neurobiological evidence for PG by focusing on key functional magnetic resonance imaging studies related to these 3 symptom clusters. It is concluded that these symptom clusters provide a useful framework for systematic comparisons of new evidence in GD and SUDs in the future.

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“…Indeed, results have demonstrated elevated self-report impulsivity scores in PG group such as on the BIS (e.g., Motor Impulsiveness, Attentional Impulsiveness, Non-planning Impulsiveness)2627282930 and the UPPSP Impulsive Behaviors Scale (e.g., Negative Urgency, Positive Urgency)313233343536. Neurocognitive investigations have also found that PG is associated with impaired inhibition performance on the Go/No Go Test26373839 and the Stop-Signal Test273240414243. In addition to these cross-sectional data, there is some preliminary evidence that self-report impulsivity traits in adolescence are prospectively associated with gambling disorder in follow-up assessments44454647.…”

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Comparison of impulsivity in non-problem, at-risk and problem gamblers

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Lan

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As a non-substance addiction, gambling disorder represents the model for studying the neurobiology of addiction without toxic consequences of chronic drug use. From a neuropsychological perspective, impulsivity is deemed as a potential construct responsible in the onset and development of drug addiction. The objective of this study was to investigate the associations between impulsivity and gambling status in young adults with varying severity of gambling. A sample of 1120 college students, equally divided into non-problem, at-risk and problem gamblers, were administered multiple measures of impulsivity including the UPPSP Impulsive Behaviors Scale (UPPSP), the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 (BIS-11), and the Delay-discounting Test (DDT). Compared with non-problem gamblers, both at-risk gamblers and problem gamblers displayed elevated scores on Negative Urgency, Positive Urgency, Motor Impulsiveness, and Attentional Impulsiveness. Problem gamblers showed higher scores than at-risk gamblers on Positive Urgency. Logistic regression models revealed that only Negative Urgency positively predicted both at-risk gambling and problem gambling compared to non-problem gambling. These results suggest that dimensions of impulsivity may be differentially linked to gambling behavior in young adults, with Negative Urgency putatively identified as an important impulsivity-related marker for the development of gambling disorder, which may provide a better understanding of the pathogenesis.

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Go–no-go performance in pathological gamblers

Cited by 73 publications

References 59 publications

Understanding Within-Session Loss-Chasing: An Experimental Investigation of the Impact of Stake Size on Cognitive Control

Understanding Within-Session Loss-Chasing: An Experimental Investigation of the Impact of Stake Size on Cognitive Control

From Symptoms to Neurobiology: Pathological Gambling in the Light of the New Classification in DSM-5

Comparison of impulsivity in non-problem, at-risk and problem gamblers

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