How di game dey work
17 original Helibrain questions dey here. Choose using only di information dem give you. Some questions go ask how sure you dey too. No time limit; you fit go back before you submit. Explanation go show after your result, so e no go give away later answers.
Di questions get five formats: keeping your choice consistent when dem describe things in positive and negative ways, ignoring money or time wey you no fit get back, following one clear decision rule, matching how sure you dey with whether you answer correct, and checking one tempting first answer.
How dem dey score your result
Di service give each format equal weight for one overall game score. Framing pairs give points when your choice dey consistent. Rule, sunk-cost and reflection questions give points for di best answer under di assumptions dem state. Confidence questions give points for correct answers wey you sure of, and remove more points for confident mistakes than for unsure mistakes. Confidence level alone no fit earn high score.
Dem compare your result with other players’ first eligible runs, using broad score groups. Before enough people don play, di page go show how many runs dey available. Di comparison na about people wey visit this game, no be everybody.
We show explanation for each question, but we no go label you as person wey get one particular bias based on small number of answers. One short run no be enough evidence to make stable personal profile for each bias.
Di science wey dey behind di formats
Di Adult Decision-Making Competence battery study different parts of decision-making, including framing, sunk costs, decision rules and confidence [1]. Cognitive-reflection research study how person fit reconsider answer wey first look attractive [2]. Na these ideas dey behind di formats here.
Dem write every question here for Helibrain. We no copy di A-DMC questionnaire or di original Cognitive Reflection Test. Their published validity and reliability no transfer reach our questions. This na educational decision game, e no be validated A-DMC score, IQ score or prediction of how you go make decisions for life.
Questions people dey ask often
I fit improve if I play again?
If you know one explanation, di next try go often easy. E useful for learning di puzzle, but e no prove say general decision skill don improve. See repeat scores as practice.
Why una dey ask how sure I dey?
Di confidence questions compare how certain you dey with whether your answer correct. One short set no fit measure overconfidence precisely. That format add to di combined result; e no turn into separate personal label.
E free?
Yes. Questions, explanations and your result na free. You no need sign up.
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Cite dis page: Decision traps: your first answer go fit stand?. Helibrain. 2026. https://helibrain.com/pcm/decision-traps-test. CC BY 4.0.
How this test works
This game checks whether your first answer holds up in tricky everyday choices. You get 17 short questions of five kinds: the same choice described in two ways, money or time you can't get back, a clear rule to follow, how sure you are, and puzzles with a tempting wrong answer. There is no clock, and you can go back before you submit. Your score runs from 0 to 100, and the explanations come at the end. Decision scientists have used question types like these since the 1980s.
Version 1 · Cite this test:
Helibrain (2026). Decision traps, v1. https://helibrain.com/decision-traps-test/methods
Where di information come from
- Bruine de Bruin W, Parker AM, Fischhoff B (2007). Individual differences in adult decision-making competence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 92(5):938–956. doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.92.5.938
- Frederick S (2005). Cognitive reflection and decision making. Journal of Economic Perspectives 19(4):25–42. doi.org/10.1257/089533005775196732
How we take make dis page: di Helibrain team write am from di studies wey dem list above, and Robert(English) (PhD student for biophysics) review am on 4 Nọvẹ́mba 2026. We dey update am wen di sources change.