Decision snars: wad yer first answer haud up?

There are 17 oreeginal Helibrain questions. Chyise uisin juist the information gien. Some questions speir hou sure ye are an aa. There's nae time limit; ye can gang back afore ye submit. Explanations appear efter yer result, sae they dinnae gie awa later answers.

The questions uise five formats: consistency across positive an negative descriptions, ignorin siller or time that cannae be won back, follaein an explicit decision rule, matchin certainty tae bein richt, an checkin a temptin first answer.

The service gies ilk format equal wecht in ae overall gemme score. Framin pairs reward a consistent chyice. Rule, sunk-cost an reflection questions reward the best answer unner the stated assumptions. Certainty questions reward richt, confident answers an penalise confident mistakes mair than uncertain mistakes. A level o certainty on its ain disnae earn a heich score.

The result is compared wi ither players’ first eligible runs uisin broad bands. Afore eneuch fowk hae played, the page shaws hou mony runs are available. The comparisons describe this gemme’s veesitors, no the population.

We shaw explanations for individual questions, but dinnae label ye as haein a particular bias fae juist a wheen answers. A short run is ower little evidence for a steady personal profile o ilk bias.

The Adult Decision-Making Competence battery studies several sides o decision-makin, includin frammin, sunk costs, decision rules an certainty [1]. Cognitive-reflection research studies the tendency tae think again aboot an answer that seems appealin at first [2]. Thir are the ideas ahint the formats here.

Ilka question here wis written for Helibrain. We hae no copied the A-DMC questionnaire or the oreeginal Cognitive Reflection Test. Their published validity an reliability dinnae apply tae oor questions. This is an educational decision gemme, no a validated A-DMC score, an IQ score or a prediction o yer life decisions.