PSYC 240 Portal Opens!
The Centre for Gambling Research is participating in the PSYC 240 program and the application portal has just opened! This year, we are channelling all RA enquiries through the portal, including PSYC 240, volunteer RA, Directed Studies, and COGS 402. For PSYC240 specifically, we’re approaching it as a research access program, and we’re only considering […]
Luke on The Globe and Mail
Luke was recently interviewed by The Globe and Mail on the wide reach of gambling ads during live sporting events, as well as the long-lasting effect of gambling harms. See the link here for the full article.
Welcome Kyle!
We’re happy to welcome Kyle Turner on joining CGR! He’ll be working as a lab assistant under the co-supervision of Dr. Luke Clark and Dr. Catharine Winstanley on the psychophysics projects.
Luke and Charlotte at CAGR
Luke and Charlotte attended the Current Advances in Gambling Research conference in Amsterdam last week. Charlotte gave a theoretical poster presentation titled “Investigating interoception and emotional attribution of arousal in gambling.”
CGR Lab Socials
CGR lab outing at Cates Park in North Vancouver!
NEW PROJECT: Emotional signals during slot machine gambling
We are recruiting students to participate in a 90-minute in-person study for 2 HSP credit. Check out the study link below for more details! https://ubc-psych.sona-systems.com/default.aspx?p_return_experiment_id=2677
Lucas’ paper published at PAB and featured on RGC
Lucas’ paper on near-miss effects is published at the Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, and has been featured in Newscan by the Responsible Gambling Council. Palmer L, Ferrari MA, Clark L. (2024). The near-miss effect in online slot machine gambling: A series of conceptual replications. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. doi:10.1037/adb0000999.
Hin’s paper featured in GREO Research Snapshot
Gambling Research Exchange Ontario has covered Hin’s article on the impact of lottery rollover effect on different SES neighbourhoods: https://www.greo.ca/Modules/EvidenceCentre/Details/an-examination-of-socioeconomic-status-and-the-lottery-rollover-effect-in-toronto Paper: Fu, H. N., Li, A., Otto, A. R., & Clark, L. (2024). Socioeconomic correlates of the lottery rollover effect in Toronto, Canada. Addiction Research & Theory. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2024.2305429
Hin at PsychFest
Hin Fu will be presenting his MA thesis project on the concentration effect of online gambling at PsyFest this Friday.
Welcome Buyang!
A warm welcome to Buyang Daffa for joining CGR this summer! Buyang will be working under the Work Learn International Undergraduate Research Awards (WLIURA).