Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Experts say that impulsive children could become gamblers!

I ALWAYS TAKE SO-CALLED EMPIRICAL STUDIES WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. THIS STUDY, THAT TOOK PLACE IN CANADA, MAKES AN INTERESTING CLAIM;

from Reuters this morning...

"Children rated as impulsive by their kindergarten teachers appear more likely to begin gambling behaviors like playing cards or placing bets before they hit middle school, Canadian researchers said on Monday.

The study in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine is the first to show gambling among children this young, said Linda Pagani, who led the study at Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center and the Universite de Montreal.

"The question has always been, 'What comes before adolescent gambling?'" Pagani said in a telephone interview."

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