Re: Fwd: Hijacking the Brain Circuits With a Nickel Slot Machine

From: Keith Henson (hkhenson@cogeco.ca)
Date: Wed Feb 20 2002 - 18:55:33 GMT

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    At 02:59 AM 20/02/02 -0500, Wade wrote:
    >Hijacking the Brain Circuits With a Nickel Slot Machine
    >
    >By SANDRA BLAKESLEE
    >
    >http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/19/health/19REWA.html?pagewanted=print
    >
    >Compulsive gambling, attendance at sporting events, vulnerability to
    >telephone scams and exuberant investing in the stock market may not seem
    >to have much in common. But neuroscientists have uncovered a common thread.

    LOL! Going mainstream. I figured this out and posted on it late in
    1996. The original article is on Google, use my name and aar to find it.

    Keith

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