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Overview

Luke Clark is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their primary field of study is Psychology, with a particular focus on Clinical Psychology. Additional subfields include Cognitive Neuroscience, Economics and Econometrics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and General Decision Sciences.

Their research predominantly addresses topics related to Gambling Behavior and Treatments. Other main topics covered include Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology; Sports Analytics and Performance; Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics; Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing; Behavioral Health and Interventions; and Schizophrenia research and treatment.

Luke Clark has contributed to numerous papers published in a variety of venues. Frequent publication outlets include the Journal of Behavioral Addictions, Addictive Behaviors, International Gambling Studies, Addiction, and Addiction Research & Theory.

Notable recent papers by Luke Clark include:

  • The Conceptual Framework of Harmful Gambling: A revised framework for understanding gambling harm (2020), Journal of Behavioral Addictions
  • Associations between financial gambling motives, gambling frequency and level of problem gambling: a meta-analytic review (2021), Addiction
  • The gamblers of the future? Migration from loot boxes to gambling in a longitudinal study of young adults (2022), Computers in Human Behavior
  • Substitution behaviors among people who gamble during COVID-19 precipitated casino closures (2021), International Gambling Studies
  • Serotonin depletion impairs both Pavlovian and instrumental reversal learning in healthy humans (2021), Molecular Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Luke Clark include:

  • Michael J. A. Wohl
  • Mario A. Ferrari
  • Joël Billieux
  • Trevor W. Robbins
  • Hyoun S. Kim

Best Publications

  • Impulsivity as a vulnerability marker for substance-use disorders: Review of findings from high-risk research, problem gamblers and genetic association studies

    Antonio Javier Verdejo-Garcia;Andrew John Lawrence;Luke Clark

  • Decision-making processes following damage to the prefrontal cortex

    Facundo Manes;Barbara Sahakian;Luke Clark;Robert Rogers

  • Defining the neural mechanisms of probabilistic reversal learning using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging.

    Roshan Cools;Luke Clark;Adrian M. Owen;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Differential effects of insular and ventromedial prefrontal cortex lesions on risky decision-making

    L. Clark;A. Bechara;H. Damasio;Michael Aitken

  • Sustained attention deficit in bipolar disorder

    Luke Clark;Susan D Iversen;Guy M Goodwin

  • Neuropsychological testing of cognitive impairment in euthymic bipolar disorder: an individual patient data meta-analysis

    C. Bourne;C. Bourne;Ö. Aydemir;V. Balanzá-Martínez;E. Bora

  • Cognitive enhancing effects of modafinil in healthy volunteers.

    Danielle C. Turner;Trevor W. Robbins;Luke Clark;Adam R. Aron

  • Serotonin selectively influences moral judgment and behavior through effects on harm aversion

    Molly J. Crockett;Luke Clark;Marc D. Hauser;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Neurochemical modulation of response inhibition and probabilistic learning in humans.

    Samuel R. Chamberlain;Ulrich Müller;Andrew D. Blackwell;Luke Clark

  • Substantia nigra/ventral tegmental reward prediction error disruption in psychosis

    G K Murray;P R Corlett;L Clark;M Pessiglione

  • The neuropsychology of ventral prefrontal cortex: Decision-making and reversal learning

    L. Clark;R. Cools;T.W. Robbins

  • Serotonin Modulates Behavioral Reactions to Unfairness

    Molly J. Crockett;Molly J. Crockett;Luke Clark;Luke Clark;Golnaz Tabibnia;Golnaz Tabibnia;Matthew D. Lieberman;Matthew D. Lieberman

  • Gambling Near-Misses Enhance Motivation to Gamble and Recruit Win-Related Brain Circuitry

    Luke Clark;Andrew J. Lawrence;Frances Astley-Jones;Nicola Gray

  • Neurocognitive mechanisms in depression: implications for treatment.

    Luke Clark;Samuel R. Chamberlain;Barbara J. Sahakian

  • Reflection impulsivity in current and former substance users.

    Luke Clark;Trevor W. Robbins;Karen D. Ersche;Barbara J. Sahakian

  • Impulsivity and response inhibition in alcohol dependence and problem gambling

    Andrew J. Lawrence;Jason Luty;Nadine A. Bogdan;Barbara J. Sahakian

  • The contributions of lesion laterality and lesion volume to decision-making impairment following frontal lobe damage

    Luke Clark;Facundo Manes;Nagui Antoun;Barbara J Sahakian

  • Profile of Executive and Memory Function Associated with Amphetamine and Opiate Dependence

    Karen D Ersche;Luke Clark;Mervyn London;Trevor W Robbins

  • Modafinil improves cognition and response inhibition in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    Danielle C Turner;Luke Clark;Jonathan Dowson;Trevor W Robbins

  • A neuropsychological investigation of prefrontal cortex involvement in acute mania.

    Luke Clark;Susan D. Iversen;Guy M. Goodwin

Frequent Co-Authors

Trevor W. Robbins
Trevor W. Robbins University of Cambridge
Barbara J. Sahakian
Barbara J. Sahakian University of Cambridge
Michael R. F. Aitken
Michael R. F. Aitken King's College London
Roshan Cools
Roshan Cools Radboud University
Guy M. Goodwin
Guy M. Goodwin University of Oxford
Molly J. Crockett
Molly J. Crockett Yale University
Antonio Verdejo-García
Antonio Verdejo-García Monash University
Anne Lingford-Hughes
Anne Lingford-Hughes Imperial College London
Jonathan P. Roiser
Jonathan P. Roiser University College London
Joël Billieux
Joël Billieux University of Lausanne

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