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cups task TASK
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On each trial, participants choose between a risky and safe option. Each trial involves either gains or losses. The options are presented as a choice of cups. The risky option involves two to five cups, one containing a gain (loss) of $2, $3 or $5, and the others containing $0. If the latter option is selected, the payoff from one cup is selected at random. The safe cup offers a sure gain (loss) $1.

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cups task has been asserted to measure the following CONCEPTS
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CONDITIONS

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CONTRASTS

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probability of highest reward(edit)
money earned(edit)

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INDICATORS
money earned

An indicator is a specific quantitative or qualitative variable that is recorded for analysis. These may include behavioral variables (such as response time, accuracy, or other measures of performance) or physiological variables (including genetics, psychophysiology, or brain imaging data).

Term BIBLIOGRAPHY

Functional dissociations of risk and reward processing in the medial prefrontal cortex.
Xue G, Lu Z, Levin IP, Weller JA, Li X, Bechara A
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) (Cereb Cortex)
2009 May
Neural correlates of adaptive decision making for risky gains and losses.
Weller JA, Levin IP, Shiv B, Bechara A
Psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society / APS (Psychol Sci)
2007 Nov