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. 2014 Jul 2;39(10):2275–2287. doi: 10.1038/npp.2014.134

Table 1. Strategy for Biasing Responses Toward ‘old' or ‘new' Judgments.

Bias level 5 4 3 2 1
Cup height Short Short Regular Regular Tall
Old reward 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4
New reward 1/2 1/2 1 2 3

The numbers in the bottom two rows represent the cereal ring(s) awarded for correct ‘old' or ‘new' judgments. Each bias level has a distinct combination of cup height and food reward ratio, resulting in a distinct false alarm and hit rate (ie, one of five data points used to generate the ROC curves). Liberal criteria such as bias level 1 (digging is more difficult, thus biasing toward ‘old' judgments) result in high false alarm and high hit rates, whereas conservative criteria, such as bias level 5 (digging is easier, thus biasing towards ‘new' judgments) result in low false alarm and hit rates.