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Citation wagenaar w a 1988 essays in cognitive psychologyparadoxes of gambling behaviour lawrence erlbaum associates inc abstract why does a large proportion of the population engage in some form of gambling although they know they are most likely to lose and that the gambling industry makes huge profits. Although a single theory of the cognitive psychology of gam bling is as unlikely as the other approaches outlined to fully explain persistent gambling a number of recent studies show there may be a strong cognitive bias involved in gambling behaviour eg gilovich 1983 and that gamblers may suffer from illusion of control langer 1975 and other erroneous perceptions ie reference to factors other than chance ladouceur and gaboury 1988. Towards a cognitive behavioural theory of problem gambling volume 162 issue 3 louise sharpe nicholas tarrier skip to main content accessibility help we use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Subjects were told that the purpose of the study was to examine the association between cognitive and personality measures and gambling behavior as indeed it was any questions regarding gambling psychology or problems related to gambling were fully addressed by a doctoral student in clinical psychology rb with experience treating