'Near Misses' on Online Slot Machines (IMAGE)

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'Near Misses' on Online Slot Machines

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The slot machine task presents two wheels, each with six icons, and a horizontal line across the center of the screen. If the right wheel stopped on the selected icon (i.e., matching icons were aligned), the subject was awarded £0.50 (approximately 75 cents). All other outcomes won nothing. When the wheels stopped within one icon of a match, the outcome was considered a "near miss."

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Courtesy, with permission: Chase and Clark. <i>The Journal of Neuroscience</i> 2010.

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