José C. Perales

PhD. in Experimental Psychology

Full Professor, University of Granada, Spain

Senior Member of the Learning, Emotion and Decision Research Group (CTS-176)

Interests:

Learning, decision-making and self-regulation processes in gambling disorder and other addictions

Active grants:

PID2023-150731NB-I00 (GBrain4): Estudio multimetodológico de la evolución dinámica y el contenido del craving por el juego de azar y los videojuegos (gbrain4) (Multi-method study of the dynamics and content of craving for gambling and video gaming).

Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación. Agencia Estatal de Investigación.

Recent publications (selection):

High-impact reviews and theoretical papers:

1. López-Guerrero, J., Vadillo, M. A., Rivero, F. J., Muela, I., Navas, J. F., & Perales, J. C. (2025). A Critical Review and Meta-Analysis of Interventions to Reduce Compulsivity in Behavioral Addictions and Related Conditions. Current Addiction Reports, in press. 

2. Perales, J. C., Flayelle, M., Verdejo-García, A., Clark, L., & Billieux, J. (2024). Cognitive, computational and learning processes involved in behavioral addiction: Current views and future directions. Addictive Behaviors, 148, 107874.

3. López-Guerrero, J., Navas, J. F., Perales, J. C., Rivero, F. J., & Muela, I. (2023). The interrelation between emotional impulsivity, craving, and symptoms severity in behavioral addictions and related conditions: A theory-driven systematic review. Current Addiction Reports, 10(4), 718-736.

4. Flayelle, M., Brevers, D., King, D. L., Maurage, P., Perales, J. C., & Billieux, J. (2023). A taxonomy of technology design features that promote potentially addictive online behaviours. Nature Reviews Psychology, 2(3), 136-150.

5. Muela, I., Navas, J. F., Ventura-Lucena, J. M., & Perales, J. C. (2022). How to pin a compulsive behavior down: A systematic review and conceptual synthesis of compulsivity-sensitive items in measures of behavioral addiction. Addictive Behaviors, 134, 107410.

6. Ruiz de Lara, C. M., & Perales, J. C. (2020). Psychobiology of gambling-related cognitions in gambling disorder. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 31, 60-68.

7. Perales, J. C., King, D. L., Navas, J. F., Schimmenti, A., Sescousse, G., Starcevic, V., ... & Billieux, J. (2020). Learning to lose control: A process-based account of behavioral addiction. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 108, 771-780.

Primary empirical papers:

1. Martín-Ríos, R., Perales, J. C., López-Torrecillas, F., & Muñoz López, L. (2024). Associations of reversal learning performance with personality disorder profile and drug abuse history in a sample of prison inmates. Assessment, 10731911241278307.

2. Muela, I., Ventura-Lucena, J. M., Navas, J. F., & Perales, J. C. (2023). The associative learning roots of affect-driven impulsivity and its role in problem gambling: A replication attempt and extension of Quintero et al. (2020). Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 12(1), 201-218.

3. Robinson, A. H., Perales, J. C., Volpe, I., Chong, T. T. J., & Verdejo‐Garcia, A. (2021). Are methamphetamine users compulsive? Faulty reinforcement learning, not inflexibility, underlies decision making in people with methamphetamine use disorder. Addiction Biology, 26(4), e12999.

4. Holgado, D., Troya, E., Perales, J. C., Vadillo, M. A., & Sanabria, D. (2021). Does mental fatigue impair physical performance? A replication study. European Journal of Sport Science, 21(5), 762-770.

5. Perandrés-Gómez, A., Navas, J. F., van Timmeren, T., & Perales, J. C. (2021). Decision-making (in) flexibility in gambling disorder. Addictive Behaviors, 112, 106534.

6. Quintero, M. J., Navas, J. F., & Perales, J. C. (2020). The associative underpinnings of negative urgency and its role in problematic gambling behavior. Addictive Behaviors, 111, 106533.