News Finding: The results showed that gamblers demonstrated more probability matching behavior and are thus obviously more likely to perceive illusory patterns.
Paper Finding: These results suggest that gamblers are more willing to bet impulsively on perceived illusory patterns.
News Context: Such aEUR~probability matchingaEUR(tm) only yields an expected accuracy of 55.6 percent. The results showed that gamblers demonstrated more probability matching behavior and are thus obviously more likely to perceive illusory patterns. Gamblers also scored much lower on the cognitive reflection task, which measures impulsivity.
Paper Context: This difference could account for the difference in probability matching between the samples. These results suggest that gamblers are more willing to bet impulsively on perceived illusory patterns. From a money-maximization perspective, most gambling is irrational: the statistical expectation of losses is greater than that of gains.