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. 2018 Mar 19;6:e4528. doi: 10.7717/peerj.4528

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of participants and mean score.

Sex (M/F) (N = 57) (30/27)
Age, years: (Mean ± SD) (N = 57) (34.5 ± 14.9)
Tower of Hanoi
3-disk tower (N = 57) (Mean ± SD) (9.1 ± 4.5)
4-disk tower (N = 48) (Mean ± SD) (22.7 ± 9.2)
5-disk tower (N = 45) (Mean ± SD) (51.4 ± 17.1)
Completion of the 5-disk tower 45 (79%)
Time to completion of the 5-disk tower in seconds (N = 45) (Mean ± SD) (168.8 ± 67.8)
Psychopathic Personality Inventory–Short Form (N = 57)
PPI-SF Total (121.7 ± 12.3)
PPI-I (52.8 ± 8.2)
PPI-II (54.1 ± 7.6)

Notes.

Due to the algorithm of the Tower of Hanoi, participants must complete the 3-disk tower and the 4-disk tower in order to complete the 5-disk tower. Due to the time limitation of 5 min, nine participants were not able to complete the 4-disk tower, and 12 participants (including those of the 4-disk tower) were not able to complete the 5-disk tower. An explanatory video, showing the method to complete the 3-disk, 4-disk, and 5-disk towers is available as a Data S1.