Griffiths M
Psychology Department, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, England.
Addict Behav. 1993 May-Jun;18(3):365-72. doi: 10.1016/0306-4603(93)90038-b.
"Excitement" has often been referred to as the gambler's drug although until recently there was little evidence to substantiate such claims. This study involved the systematic monitoring of the psychophysiology of fruit machine gambling using heart rate measures in 30 adolescent male gamblers. The study was designed to test heart rate differences between regular and nonregular fruit machine gamblers (i.e., between subjects) and differences against the players' own baseline rates (i.e., within subjects). Results showed that there were no heart rate differences between regular and nonregular gamblers although during gambling, both groups' heart rates increased by approximately 22 beats per minute. It was also found that nonregular gamblers' heart rates did not decrease significantly after gambling whereas regular gamblers did. This finding could be argued as the first study to demonstrate an objective measure of gambling tolerance.
“兴奋感”常被视为赌徒的“毒品”，尽管直到最近，几乎没有证据能证实此类说法。本研究对30名青少年男性赌徒进行了系统监测，通过心率测量来研究他们玩老虎机赌博时的心理生理学情况。该研究旨在测试经常玩老虎机的赌徒与不经常玩的赌徒之间的心率差异（即不同受试者之间），以及与玩家自身基线心率的差异（即同一受试者内部）。结果显示，经常玩和不经常玩的赌徒之间心率并无差异，不过在赌博期间，两组的心率每分钟都增加了约22次。研究还发现，不经常玩的赌徒赌博后心率没有显著下降，而经常玩的赌徒则有。这一发现可被视为第一项证明赌博耐受性客观测量方法的研究。
