Balloon Risk Gemme

• Pumps per balloon collected: the average nummer o pumps on the balloons ye bankit. Balloons that burst arenae countit, as a burst cuts the coont short. Researchers ca this the adjusted average pumps, an it's the gemme's main score [1].
• Yer risk style: oor ain playful label for that nummer (Careful, Steady, Bold or Daredevil). It describes hou ye played this gemme, no yer personality.
• Pynt collected an balloons burst: the cost an reward o yer style. Mair pumps mean bigger balloons an mair bursts.
• Compared wi ither players: ance at least 30 fowk hae played, the result shows whit share o players pumped less nor ye.

1. Pump. Ilka pump adds 5 pynt tae the balloon afore ye. The balloon grows.
2. Collect whan ye like. The pynt in yer balloon gaes tae yer total, an the neist balloon appears.
3. Gin it bursts first, ye lose the pynt in that balloon. Ilka balloon bursts at a different, hidden meenit.

Ye play 30 balloons. As in the original task, ilka balloon can burst onywhaur fae the first pump tae the 128th, wi ilka pynt equally likely, sae the average burst pynt is in the middle [1].

The original study uised 90 balloons in three colours an peyed real siller, 5 cents a pump; its main score cam fae the 30 balloons wi the 128-pump limit, the version ye play here [1]. Researchers hae uised onything fae 10 tae 90 balloons [2]; scores fae the first 10 or the last 10 balloons led tae the same conclusions in the original study [1].

• Learnin. Mony fowk pump mair as the gemme gangs on, ance they see hou far balloons tend tae gang [1].
• The stakes. Lab versions peyed real siller; this gemme uises pynt, sae yer choices micht be mair bauld or mair carefu than whan playin for cash.
• Kenin the maths. Readin Figure 1 afore ye play will chynge yer choices. Play first, syne read.

The gemme shows hou ye balanced risk an reward in 30 balloons the day. It's no a personality test, an it cannae tell ye gin ye tak risks wi siller, health or drivin: the links atween this task an real-life habits are wee [3]. It disnae say onything aboot yer health an isnae a diagnosis.

Oor version is close tae the yin published, but the scores arenae strictly comparable wi lab studies: they peyed siller, uised different nummers o balloons an testit sma groups o students [1][2]. Compare yer score wi ither players here an wi yer ain later runs.