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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 6.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychologia. 2013 Dec 10;54:77–86. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.10.026

Table 2.

Gamble Pairs Used in the Experimental Design

Gamble 1 Gamble 2 Gamble Type
Pair Out A Prob A Out B Out A Prob A Out B
1 $8 0.2 −$8 $32 0.2 −$32 B/W
2 −$8 0.5 −$32 $32 0.2 −$32 B/W
3 $8 0.5 −$32 $32 0.2 −$32 B/W
4 $8 0.5 −$8 $32 0.2 −$32 B/W
5 −$8 0.8 −$32 $32 0.2 −$32 B/W
6 $8 0.8 −$32 $32 0.2 −$32 B/W
7 $8 0.8 −$8 $32 0.2 −$32 B/W
8 $8 0.2 −$8 $32 0.5 −$32 SS/RR
9 $32 0.2 −$8 $32 0.5 −$32 RA/RS
10 $32 0.2 $8 $32 0.5 −$32 B/W
11 $8 0.5 −$8 $32 0.5 −$32 RA/RS
12 −$8 0.8 −$32 $32 0.5 −$32 SS/RR
13 $8 0.8 −$32 $32 0.5 −$32 RA/RS
14 $8 0.8 −$8 $32 0.5 −$32 B/W
15 $8 0.2 −$8 $32 0.8 −$32 SS/RR
16 $32 0.2 −$8 $32 0.8 −$32 SS/RR
17 $32 0.2 $8 $32 0.8 −$32 SS/RR
18 $8 0.5 −$8 $32 0.8 −$32 SS/RR
19 $32 0.5 −$8 $32 0.8 −$32 SS/RR
20 $32 0.5 $8 $32 0.8 −$32 RA/RS
21 $8 0.8 −$8 $32 0.8 −$32 SS/RR

Note: B/W = Better Gamble A (higher expected return and lower risk) vs Worse Gamble B (lower expected return and greater risk); SS/RR = Small-and-safe Gamble A (lower expected return and lower risk) vs Risky-and rewarding Gamble B (higher expected return and higher risk); RA/RS = Risk averse Gamble A (identical expected return and lower risk) vs Risk seeking Gamble B (identical expected return and more risk).