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Auditory and visual signal-detection experiments were applied as tests of risk-taking. The percentage of errors in the responses was kept constant over Ss and blocks of trials by slight variations in signal strength. Ss could express two levels of confidence for their decisions. The numbers of more confident decisions in the two experiments are highly correlated, especially under conditions of small monetary risk.
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The author’s stay at the Institute has been made possible by an Advanced Research Fellowship from the Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa.
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Poortinga, Y.H. Signal-detection experiments as tests for risk-taking: A pilot study. Psychon Sci 14, 185–186 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332780
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332780