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Video game loot boxes are psychologically akin to gambling

Drummond, A.; Sauer, J. D. · 2018

Nature Human Behaviour

View at doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0360-1

Patterns citing this source

Loot boxes / gachaSevere
Optimism & frequency biasMedium
Variable-ratio reward / near-missHigh

Glossary entries citing this source

Loot box
Variable-ratio reinforcement

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@article{drummond-2018,
  author    = {Drummond, A. and Sauer, J. D.},
  title     = {Video game loot boxes are psychologically akin to gambling},
  journal = {Nature Human Behaviour},
  year      = {2018},
  doi       = {10.1038/s41562-018-0360-1},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0360-1}
}