Publications

Gooding, N.B., Sinclair, E.S-L.L., Murch, W.S., Kim, H.S., & Hodgins, D.C. (submitted). Correlates of Problem Gambling in Canada: The Moderating Effect of Sex.

Kairouz, S., Savard, A.-C., Murch, W.S., Blanchette Martin, N., Brodeur, M., Dauphinais, S., Dufour, M., Ferland, F., French, M., Hamel, D., Morvannou, A., Van Mourik, V., & Monson, E. (submitted). A Portrait of Online Gambling: A Look at a Transformation amid a Pandemic.

Murch, W.S., French, M., & Kairouz, S. (submitted). Online Gamblers’ Preferences for Performance and Fairness in Artificial Intelligence Systems for Gambling Harm Detection.

Murch, W.S., Scheurich, R., Monson, E., French, M., & Kairouz, S. (submitted). Distinguishing Persistent Versus Episodic Clusters of At-risk Respondents on the Problem Gambling Severity Index

Murch, W.S., French, M., & Kairouz, S. (2024). Comparing ‘Fair’ Machine Learning Models for Detecting At-Risk Online Gamblers. International Gambling Studies (IF = 2.54). doi: 10.1080/14459795.2024.2412051. [link] [preregistration] [open materials] [primer]

Murch, W.S., Kairouz, S., & French, M. (2024). Establishing the Temporal Stability of Machine Learning Models That Detect Online Gambling-Related Harms. Computers in Human Behaviors Reports (IF = 4.10). doi: 10.1016/j.chbr.2024.100427 [link] [open materials][primer]

Murch, W. S., Ferrari, M. A., & Clark, L. (2024). Post-reinforcement pauses during slot machine gambling are moderated by immersion. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. [link] [open materials][primer]

Murch, W.S., Kairouz, S., Dauphinais, S., Picard, E., Costes, J.M., French, M. (2023). Using Machine Learning to Retrospectively Predict Self-Reported Gambling Problems in Quebec. Addiction (IF = 7.26). doi: 10.1111/add.16179. [link] [open materials]

Kairouz, S., Costes, J. M., Murch, W. S., Doray-Demers, P., Carrier, C., & Eroukmanoff, V. (2023). Enabling New Strategies to Prevent Problematic Online Gambling: A Machine Learning Approach for Identifying At-risk Online Gamblers in France. International Gambling Studies (IF = 2.54). doi: 10.1080/14459795.2022.2164042. [link] [open materials]

Cnuddle, K., Kim, G., Murch, W. S., Handy, T. C., Protzner, A. B., & Kam, J. W. Y. (2023) EEG complexity during mind wandering: A multiscale entropy investigation. Neuropsychologia (IF = 3.05). 180, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108480. [link]

Kim, A. J., Murch, W. S. (as equal first authors), Limbrick-Oldfield, E. H., Ferrari, M. A., MacDonald, K. I., Fooken, J., Cherkasova, M. V., Spering, M., & Clark, L. (2022). Do pupillary responses during authentic slot machine use reflect arousal or screen luminance fluctuations? A proof-of-concept study. PLOS ONE (IF = 3.75), 17(7), 1-21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272070. [open access] [open data] [primer]

Murch, W. S., & Clark, L., (2021). Understanding the Slot Machine Zone. Current Addiction Reports. 8, 214-224. doi:10.1007/s40429-021-00371-x. [link] [open access] [primer]

Murch, W. S., Ferrari, M. A., McDonald, B. M., Clark, L. (2020). Investigating Flow States and Cardiac Pre-Ejection Period during Electronic Gaming Machine Use. Frontiers in Psychology: Performance Science (IF = 2.13). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00300. [link] [open access] [open data] [primer]

Murch, W. S., Limbrick-Oldfield, E. H., Ferrari, M. A., MacDonald, K. I., Fooken, J., Cherkasova, M. V., Spering, M., Clark, L., (2020). Zoned In or Zoned Out? Investigating Immersion in Slot Machine Gambling using Mobile Eye Tracking. Addiction (IF = 7.26). 115, 1127-1138. doi: 10.1111/add.14899. [link] [open access] [open data] [primer]

Murch, W. S., & Clark, L. (2019). Commentary on Graydon et al. (2019): Realistic simulations and nudging gambling policy. Addiction (IF = 7.26). 114(1), 125-126. doi: 10.1111/add.14493. [link] [open access]

Kennedy, D., Goshko, C., Murch, W. S., Limbrick-Oldfield, E. H., Dunn, B. D., Clark, L. (2019). Interoception and respiratory sinus arrhythmia in gambling disorder. Psychophysiology (IF = 3.46). 56(6), e13333. doi: 10.1111/psyp.13333. [link] [primer]

Murch, W. S., & Clark, L. (2019). Effects of bet size and multi-line play on immersion and respiratory sinus arrhythmia during electronic gaming machine use. Addictive Behaviors (IF = 3.20). 88, 67-72. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.08.014. [link] [open access] [primer]

Ferland, J.N., Adams, W.K., Murch, S., Wei, L., Clark, L., Winstanley, C.A. (2018). Investigating the influence of ‘losses disguised as wins’ on decision making and motivation in rats. Behavioral Pharmacology (IF = 1.79). 29(8), 732-744. doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000455. [link]

Chu, S., Limbrick-Oldfield, E. H., Murch, W. S., & Clark, L. (2017). Why do slot machine gamblers use stopping devices? Findings from a “Casino Lab” experiment. International Gambling Studies (IF = 2.54). 18(2), 310-326. doi: 10.1080/14459795.2017.1413125. [link] [open access] [primer]

Murch, W. S., Chu S. W. M. & Clark, L. (2017). Measuring the slot machine zone with attentional dual tasks and respiratory sinus arrhythmia. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (IF = 2.97), 31(3):375-384. doi: 10.1037/adb0000251. [link] [open access]

Murch W. S. & Clark L. (2016). Games in the brain: Neural substrates of gambling addiction. The Neuroscientist (IF = 5.92). 22(5), 534-545. doi: 10.1177/1073858415591474. [link] [open access]

Cocker, P. J., Hosking, J. G., Murch, W. S., Clark L. & Winstanley C. A. (2016) Activation of dopamine D4 receptors within the anterior cingulate cortex enhances the erroneous expectation of reward on a rat slot machine task. Neuropharmacology (IF = 4.37), 105, 186-195. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.01.019. [link]

Silveira, M. M., Murch, W. S., Clark L. & Winstanley C. A. (2016). Chronic atomoxetine treatment during adolescence does not influence decision-making on a rodent gambling task but does modulate amphetamine's effect on impulsive action in adulthood. Behavioral Pharmacology (IF = 1.79), 27 (4), 350-363. doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000203. [link]