{"id":128,"date":"2016-12-05T13:11:29","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T18:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/wellnesslabs\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:59:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:59:20","slug":"gambling-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bettermentlabs\/gambling-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambling Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Gambling Lab\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bettermentlabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/225\/cugl_great_final2.png\" alt=\"CUGL logo\" class=\"wp-image-182\" style=\"width:240px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bettermentlabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/225\/cugl_great_final2.png 1000w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bettermentlabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/225\/cugl_great_final2-160x160.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bettermentlabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/225\/cugl_great_final2-240x240.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bettermentlabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/225\/cugl_great_final2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bettermentlabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/225\/cugl_great_final2-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bettermentlabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/225\/cugl_great_final2-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bettermentlabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/225\/cugl_great_final2-360x360.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the heart of the research conducted in this lab is a desire to understand the causes of gambling addiction and means to facilitate responsible gambling. Topics of interest include craving, erroneous cognition\/non-rational thought, responsible gambling (e.g., assessment of tools that facilitate limit setting and adherence), stress and coping responses, and barriers to behavioural change. This research takes place in the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University Gambling Laboratory (CUGL), which is complete with slot machines, a black jack table, and a virtual reality casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below, you will find a video my lab helped produce for Ontario Lottery and Gaming. The \u201cSlot Machine: What Every Player Needs to Know\u201d educational video is now a widely used animation that addresses erroneous cognitions relating to sampling with replacement and provides strategies for helping slot players to stay within their monetary limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-section cu-section--white w-screen ml-offset-center px-4 md:px-6 lg:px-12\"><div class=\"cu-max-w-child-5xl space-y-6 md:space-y-10   cu-prose-first-last\"><figure class=\"cu-figure not-prose  max-w-full\"><div class=\"not-prose overflow-hidden bg-white shadow-lg max-w-full rounded-none\"><div class=\"relative none overflow-hidden w-full pb-[56.25%] border border-cu-black-100\"><iframe title=\"Videos Embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7JkZbTxOc9w\" class=\"cu-embed-iframe\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>More recently, we have examined factors that hinder as well as facilitate behavioural change (self-help, professional care). Central to this line of research is nostalgic revere for the pre-addicted self. We have found (Kim &amp; Wohl, 2015) that nostalgia (measured or manipulated) heightens readiness to change. We are in the midst of studying why nostalgia motivates change as well as the limits and boundaries of this effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For information about knowledge translation and exchange (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca\/e\/29418.html\">KTE<\/a>) activities related to the gambling research produced by CUGL, we invite you to look at the Gambling Research and Training (<a title=\"http:\/\/http-server.carleton.ca\/~mwohl\/Dr_Michael_Wohl\/GREaT_Hub.html\" href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/bettermentlabs\/great-hub\/\">GREaT<\/a>) Hub page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"selected-recent-publications\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected (Recent) Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/bettermentlabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/225\/CV.pdf\">Full CV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hollingshead, S.J., Amar, M., Santesso, D., &amp; Wohl, M.J.A. (2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1080\/16066359.2018.1555818?needAccess=true\">When should players be taught to gamble responsibly? Timing of educational information alters limit setting intentions<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Addiction Research &amp; Theory, 27<\/em>, 507-514. doi: 10.1080\/16066359.2018.1555818<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wohl, M.J.A., Tabri, N., &amp; Zelenski, J.M. (2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1080\/14459795.2019.1672769?needAccess=true\">The need for open science practices and well-conducted replications in the field of gambling studies<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>International Gambling Studies, 19,<\/em> 369-376. doi: 10.1080\/14459795.2019.1672769<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salmon, M., Kim, H.S., &amp; Wohl, M.J.A. (2018).<a href=\"https:\/\/guilfordjournals.com\/doi\/pdfplus\/10.1521\/jscp.2018.37.6.405?casa_token=aU6QSypHeQoAAAAA%3AMExMKwjw8v9iYYon3URj4KSevzKNQi4Y6cRbYrw2kwhRCPDp2aEyjQYgy6UMsYR1pRctevOknlaM&amp;\"> In the mindset for change: Self-reported quit attempts are a product of discontinuity-induced nostalgia and incremental beliefs<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 37<\/em>, 405-430. doi: 10.1521\/jscp.2018.37.6.405<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wohl, M.J.A. (2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1080\/14459795.2018.1480649?needAccess=true\">Loyalty programs in the gambling industry: Potentials for harm and possibilities for harm minimization.<\/a>&nbsp;<em>International Gambling Studies, 8<\/em>, 495-511. doi 10.1080-14459795.2018.1480649<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wohl, M.J.A., Kim, H.S., Salmon, M., Santesso, D., Wildschut, T., &amp; Sedikides, C. (2018).<a href=\"http:\/\/www.soton.ac.uk\/~crsi\/Wohl%20et%20al.%202018%20JESP.pdf\"> Discontinuity-induced nostalgia improves the odds of a self-reported quit attempt among people living with addiction.<\/a>&nbsp;<em>Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 75<\/em>, 83-94. doi: 10.1016\/j.jesp.2017.11.011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kim, H.S., Hollingshead, S.J., &amp; Wohl, M.J.A. (2017). <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007%2Fs10899-016-9626-6.pdf\">Who spends money to play for free? Identifying who makes micro-transactions on social casino games (and why).<\/a>&nbsp;<em>Journal of Gambling Studies, 33<\/em>, 525-538. doi: 100.1007\/s10899-016-9626-6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wohl, M. J. A., Salmon, M., Hollingshead, S. J., &amp; Kim, H. S. (2017). <a href=\"http:\/\/jgi.camh.net\/index.php\/jgi\/article\/view\/3970\">An examination of the relationship between social casino gaming and gambling: The bad, the ugly, and the potentially good.<\/a> <em>Journal of Gambling Issues, 35<\/em>, 1-23. doi: 10.4309\/jgi.2017.35.4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wood, R. T. A., Wohl, M. J. A., Tabri, N., &amp; Philander, K. (2017). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5322204\/\">Measuring responsible gambling amongst consumers: Development of the Positive Play Scale.<\/a> <em>Frontiers in Psychology, 8<\/em>, 227. doi:10.3389\/fpsyg.2017.00227<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tabri, N., Wohl, M. J. A., Eddy, K. T., &amp; Thomas, J. J. (2017). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/14459795.2016.1252414\">Me, myself, and money: Having a financially focused self-concept and its consequences for disordered gambling<\/a>. <em>International Gambling Studies, 17<\/em>, 30-50. doi:10.1080\/14459795.2016.1252414<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kim, H. S., &amp; Wohl, M. J. A. (2015). <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/1948550614549482\">The bright side of self-discontinuity: Feeling disconnected with the past self increases readiness to change addictive behaviors (via Nostalgia).<\/a> <em>Social Psychology and Personality Psychology Science, 6, <\/em>229-237. doi:10.1177\/1948550614549482<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the heart of the research conducted in this lab is a desire to understand the causes of gambling addiction and means to facilitate responsible gambling. 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