Published · 2021
Overconfidence in understanding of how electronic gaming machines work is related to positive attitudes
Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 609731
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Compares people’s confidence in understanding gambling machines with their actual understanding, using an online survey and a laboratory experiment. Overconfidence was associated with more favorable attitudes toward conventional slot machines; the same relationship did not appear for machines with a skill component.
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Philander, K. S., & Gainsbury, S. M. (2021). Overconfidence in understanding of how electronic gaming machines work is related to positive attitudes. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 609731.