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. 2011 Jan 25;6(1):e15954. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015954

Table 1. Overall accuracy and response confidence on the first item in two age groups.

Base-rate task Conjunction fallacy task
Young adolescents Late Adolescents Young adolescents Late Adolescents
Measure Problem Mean (SE) n Mean (SE) n Mean (SE) n Mean (SE) n
Accuracy Conflict 7 (2.5) 109 16 (2.3) 126 11 (2.8) 109 18 (2.7) 126
No-conflict 97 (1.3) 109 95 (1.2) 126 92 (1.6) 109 96(1.5) 126
Confidence Conflict incorrect 83 (4.2) 21 67 (4.0) 22 66 (3.7) 27 63 (3.5) 30
No-conflict 82 (3.8) 25 82 (3.6) 28 73 (3.9) 30 75 (3.8) 35
Conflict correct 59 (11.4) 4 73 (9.3) 6 55 (16.1) 2 46 (10.2) 5