赌博上瘾之谜
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2001年1月15日
路透社纽约健康消息-德国的研究员发现，赌博就象酗酒和吸毒一样可以上瘾是因为赌博会引起人体一系列的生理反应，包括心率加快和体内一些激素的释放，从而使人处于完全兴奋的状态并上瘾。
德国不来梅(Bremen)大学心理学和认知研究所的研究员随机观察了10名男性赌博者在赌场的行为及应激反应。在他们玩扑克牌二十一点赌钱和不赌钱时分别测量了他们的心率，采集了他们的唾液样本化验激素分泌物含量。结果发现，赌钱时心率明显比不赌钱时快。同时，他们唾液中激素分泌物含量也明显高过不赌钱时，而且在赌局结束后含量也保持不变。
研究员认为，赌博时激素的释放类似机体对紧急事件，比如跳伞时的应激反应，即情绪会突然升高，并且在赌局结束后这种兴奋的状态仍然会保持好几个小时。
研究人员在11月的《生物精神病学》杂志上指出，“赌博会使情绪高涨，赢钱能产生一种欢欣的精神状态。” 赌博引起的生理反应可能会强化和引诱赌博者再次体验这种刺激。
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How Your Body Gets Hooked on Gambling
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Gambling can be just as addictive as drinking or taking drugs, researchers report. German investigators found that gambling for money provokes physical symptoms including increased heart rate and the release of certain hormones that contribute to an overall state of arousal and, perhaps, addiction.
``Physiologic responses to gambling enhance mood and...winning has the ability to produce a ‘euphoric‘ state,‘‘ Gerhard Meyer and colleagues write in the November 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry.
, 百拇医药
Meyer and his team suggest that the physiological responses they elicited from study participants during gambling for money exercises in a real-world setting may explain how an individual becomes addicted to gambling.
The investigators conducted their study at the Institute of Psychology and Cognition Research at the University of Bremen in Germany. The research team looked at the behavior and stress responses of 10 male gamblers who were approached at random in a casino.
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All 10 participants engaged in one real blackjack card game session in a casino for monetary stakes and one session without any money involved. In both cases, their heart rate was measured with a portable monitor and saliva samples were taken to test for hormonal secretions.
The researchers found that the increase in heart rate observed during the for-money gambling session was significantly higher than the increase noted during the no-money session.
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Meyer‘s team also noted that hormone secretions were elevated to higher levels when money was at stake and that these levels were sustained after the gambling ended.
The release of hormones mimics a stress event--such as parachute jumping--and such an elevation in mood and excitement is often maintained for a number of hours after the gambling has ceased, the authors explain.
Such a physical response to the act of betting may be reinforcing, the researchers note, luring the player back for more--simply for the ``rush.‘‘
载自家庭医生医疗保健网, 百拇医药
德国不来梅(Bremen)大学心理学和认知研究所的研究员随机观察了10名男性赌博者在赌场的行为及应激反应。在他们玩扑克牌二十一点赌钱和不赌钱时分别测量了他们的心率，采集了他们的唾液样本化验激素分泌物含量。结果发现，赌钱时心率明显比不赌钱时快。同时，他们唾液中激素分泌物含量也明显高过不赌钱时，而且在赌局结束后含量也保持不变。
研究员认为，赌博时激素的释放类似机体对紧急事件，比如跳伞时的应激反应，即情绪会突然升高，并且在赌局结束后这种兴奋的状态仍然会保持好几个小时。
研究人员在11月的《生物精神病学》杂志上指出，“赌博会使情绪高涨，赢钱能产生一种欢欣的精神状态。” 赌博引起的生理反应可能会强化和引诱赌博者再次体验这种刺激。
, http://www.100md.com
How Your Body Gets Hooked on Gambling
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Gambling can be just as addictive as drinking or taking drugs, researchers report. German investigators found that gambling for money provokes physical symptoms including increased heart rate and the release of certain hormones that contribute to an overall state of arousal and, perhaps, addiction.
``Physiologic responses to gambling enhance mood and...winning has the ability to produce a ‘euphoric‘ state,‘‘ Gerhard Meyer and colleagues write in the November 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry.
, 百拇医药
Meyer and his team suggest that the physiological responses they elicited from study participants during gambling for money exercises in a real-world setting may explain how an individual becomes addicted to gambling.
The investigators conducted their study at the Institute of Psychology and Cognition Research at the University of Bremen in Germany. The research team looked at the behavior and stress responses of 10 male gamblers who were approached at random in a casino.
, http://www.100md.com
All 10 participants engaged in one real blackjack card game session in a casino for monetary stakes and one session without any money involved. In both cases, their heart rate was measured with a portable monitor and saliva samples were taken to test for hormonal secretions.
The researchers found that the increase in heart rate observed during the for-money gambling session was significantly higher than the increase noted during the no-money session.
, 百拇医药
Meyer‘s team also noted that hormone secretions were elevated to higher levels when money was at stake and that these levels were sustained after the gambling ended.
The release of hormones mimics a stress event--such as parachute jumping--and such an elevation in mood and excitement is often maintained for a number of hours after the gambling has ceased, the authors explain.
Such a physical response to the act of betting may be reinforcing, the researchers note, luring the player back for more--simply for the ``rush.‘‘
载自家庭医生医疗保健网, 百拇医药