Near-miss effect

The near-miss effect refers to when a player becomes more motivated to continue expending effort because the previous effort "almost succeeded". It occurs in many endeavors, especially sports, but is highly documented and studied in gambling.^[1]^[2]

^ Reid, R. L. (1986). "The psychology of the near miss" (PDF). Journal of Gambling Behavior. 2 (1): 32–39. doi:10.1007/BF01019932. ISSN 0742-0714.
^ Tao, Suo; Yang, Yan; Zeng, Fan; Mengmeng, Wang; Guoxiang, Zhao (September 2018). "The near-miss effect in gambling game". Advances in Psychological Science (in Chinese). 26 (9): 1689–1699. doi:10.3724/SP.J.1042.2018.01689.

[:1-1] Reid, R. L. (1986). "The psychology of the near miss" (PDF). Journal of Gambling Behavior. 2 (1): 32–39. doi:10.1007/BF01019932. ISSN 0742-0714.

[:0-2] Tao, Suo; Yang, Yan; Zeng, Fan; Mengmeng, Wang; Guoxiang, Zhao (September 2018). "The near-miss effect in gambling game". Advances in Psychological Science (in Chinese). 26 (9): 1689–1699. doi:10.3724/SP.J.1042.2018.01689.

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Near-miss effect

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