Slot machines really do なぎ 賭事ing （麻薬）常用者s into a trance, 研究員s find?

  • The 'slot machine zone' is the idea that problem gamblers prefer slot machines
  • This is because slot?machines are 急速な／放蕩な and 許す for a continuous style of play?
  • People experienced with slot machines lose 跡をつける of time and their surroundings?
  • The 研究員 say there is 可能性のある for slot machines to be designed in a way that 促進するs more responsible use by 混乱に陥れる／中断させるing the slot machine zone 明言する／公表する

By Cecile Borkhataria For Dailymail.com

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Gamblers who feel like they enter into a 'trance' while playing slot machines are more likely to have 賭事ing problems, 研究 has 設立する.?

This is called the 'slot machine zone' hypothesis - the idea that problem gamblers prefer slot machines because they're 急速な／放蕩な and 許す continuous play.?

This makes the players enter an immersed 明言する／公表する where they can escape from feelings of 強調する／ストレス, 退屈 or a low mood.

The research found that people who are experienced with slot machines lose track of time and their surroundings when they play.?This is called the 'slot machine zone' hypothesis - the idea that problem gamblers prefer slot machines because they're fast and allow continuous play

The 研究 設立する that people who are experienced with slot machines lose 跡をつける of time and their surroundings when they play.?This is called the 'slot machine zone' hypothesis - the idea that problem gamblers prefer slot machines because they're 急速な／放蕩な and 許す continuous play

The 研究, 行為／行うd by the Centre for 賭事ing 研究 at the University of British Columbia (UBC), 設立する that people who are experienced with slot machines lose 跡をつける of time and their surroundings when they play.

'Slot machines are one of the most popular forms of 賭事ing 世界的な, but they are also the form most 終始一貫して linked to 賭事ing 中毒,' said Spencer Murch, the 熟考する／考慮する's lead author and a UBC psychology 卒業生（する） student.?

'By understanding why slot machines are the preferred game for problem gamblers through this 研究, we have the 可能性のある to 改善する 賭事ing 政策 and to design slot machines that 促進する more responsible play,' he said.

To 行為／行う the 熟考する／考慮する, the 研究員s 新採用するd two groups of 関係者s.?

One was a group of UBC undergraduate students, many ?of whom has never played on a slot machine.?

The researchers found that in both groups, participants who were at higher risk of problem gambling said they felt higher levels of immersion while playing on the slot machine.?In the group of experienced slot players, those at higher risk of problem gambling were more likely to miss a sha pe change on the side of the machine, and also felt they lost track of time and their surroundings

The 研究員s 設立する that in both groups, 関係者s who were at higher 危険 of problem 賭事ing said they felt higher levels of immersion while playing on the slot machine.?In the group of experienced slot players, those at higher 危険 of problem 賭事ing were more likely to 行方不明になる a 形態／調整 change on the 味方する of the machine, and also felt they lost 跡をつける of time and their surroundings

The other was group of experienced slot machine 使用者s.??

All 関係者s were 教えるd to play on a slot machine in the UBC casino lab for 30 minutes.?

HOW THEY DID THE STUDY?

To 行為／行う the 熟考する／考慮する, the 研究員s 新採用するd two groups of 関係者s.

One was a group of UBC undergraduate students, many ?of whom has never played on a slot machine.

The other was group of experienced slot machine 使用者s.??

All 関係者s were 教えるd to play on a slot machine in the UBC casino lab for 30 minutes.?

But the lab slot machine had been 修正するd - it had パネル盤s 機動力のある on each 味方する showing moving 形態／調整s such as white circles.?

関係者s were told to 圧力（をかける） a button whenever they noticed a white circle change into a red square.?

After they finished playing, they were asked if they felt like they were in a trance or lost 跡をつける of time while playing.?

The 研究員s also 手段d heart 率 changes during play.

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But the lab slot machine had been 修正するd - it had パネル盤s 機動力のある on each 味方する showing moving 形態／調整s such as white circles.?

関係者s were told to 圧力（をかける） a button whenever they noticed a white circle change into a red square.?

After they finished playing, they were asked if they felt like they were in a trance or lost 跡をつける of time while playing.?

The 研究員s also 手段d heart 率 changes during play.

The 研究員s 設立する that in both groups, 関係者s who were at higher 危険 of problem 賭事ing said they felt higher levels of immersion while playing on the slot machine.?

In the group of experienced slot players, those at higher 危険 of problem 賭事ing were more likely to 行方不明になる a 形態／調整 change on the 味方する パネル盤 of the machine, and also felt they lost 跡をつける of time and their surroundings. ?

'This 確認するs there is indeed a link between 賭事ing 中毒 and the いわゆる slot machine zone,' said Professor Luke Clark, the 熟考する／考慮する's 上級の author and director of the Centre for 賭事ing 研究 at UBC.

He said the results support the idea that 存在 immersed in the game leads to 支払う／賃金ing いっそう少なく attention to the visual world outside of the slot machine.?

'There is 可能性のある for slot machines to be designed in a way that 促進するs more responsible use by 混乱に陥れる／中断させるing the slot machine zone 明言する／公表する,' said Professor Clark.?

'Since static 調印するs and stickers on slot machines are ありそうもない to distract immersed players, the messages should be 注目する，もくろむ-catching and as の近くに as possible to the slots' reels,' he said.?

'There is potential for slot machines to be designed in a way that promotes more responsible use by disrupting the slot machine zone state,' said Professor Clark,?the study's senior author and director of the Centre for Gambling Research at the University of British Columbia?

'There is 可能性のある for slot machines to be designed in a way that 促進するs more responsible use by 混乱に陥れる／中断させるing the slot machine zone 明言する／公表する,' said Professor Clark,?the 熟考する／考慮する's 上級の author and director of the Centre for 賭事ing 研究 at the University of British Columbia?

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