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  "abstract": "Objective: Gambling-related harm is a major public health concern, yet the mechanisms through which gambling-related cues influence behaviour remain poorly understood. Across two experiments, we examined whether gambling-related cues influence behaviour through Pavlovian-to-Instrumental Transfer (PIT), and whether the strength of PIT effects is associated with risk of gambling harm. Method: Participants completed a single-response Go/No-go PIT task, with gambling harm indexed using the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI). Experiment 1 (N = 129) examined PIT using gambling-related conditioned stimuli (CSs), whereas Experiment 2 (N = 129) additionally incorporated visually matched neutral CSs. Results: Robust appetitive and aversive PIT effects were observed across both experiments (ps < .05; Cohen's ds: .56–1.69), demonstrating that conditioned cues systematically modulated instrumental responding. PIT effects showed little association with gambling severity (PGSI group), suggesting cue-driven behavioural transfer may operate independently of risk status. Neutral cues elicited a more graded PIT function in the approach condition than gambling-related cues, suggesting gambling-specific cues may engage a more categorical, rather than incentive-graded, approach response. Conclusions: These findings provide the first experimental demonstration of PIT in a gambling context and establish PIT as a valuable framework for understanding how conditioned gambling cues influence behaviour.",
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      "name": "Anthony Brennan"
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    {
      "name": "Jamie Torrance"
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    {
      "name": "Camilla Nord"
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    {
      "name": "Simon Dymond"
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    {
      "name": "Martyn Quigley"
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  "published": "2026-09-05",
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  "title": "GamPIT: Examining the Influence of Gambling-Related Cues on Instrumental Behaviour Using Pavlovian-to-Instrumental Transfer",
  "title_text": "GamPIT: Examining the Influence of Gambling-Related Cues on Instrumental Behaviour Using Pavlovian-to-Instrumental Transfer",
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  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T12:26:06Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/9mbfv9wdbg25v",
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