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. 2009 Dec 2;208(2):257–263. doi: 10.1007/s00213-009-1725-y

Table 1.

The eight conditions in the decision-making task where participants have to chose between playing a control gamble or an experimental gamble

Proportionate Choice Trials
Trial number Probability Expected gains Expected losses
1 High (60%) Large (70) Large (70)
2 Small (30)
3 Small (30) Large (70)
4 Small (30)
5 Low (40%) Large (70) Large (70)
6 Small (30)
7 Small (30) Large (70)
8 Small (30)

The control gamble predicts a 0.5 probability of winning and a 0.5 probability of losing ten credits. Experimental gambles vary in the probability of losing/winning, the amount of expected gains and the amount of expected losses, yielding a total of eight trial types