Open Science Tools / Pavlovia
6 minutes
The Balloon Analogue Risk Task Measures Risk-Taking Under Uncertainty
In the Balloon Analogue Risk Task each pump of a virtual balloon adds to a temporary bank that is lost if the balloon bursts, and the burst point is unknown. The average number of pumps on balloons that did not burst is the risk-taking score. Scores correlate with real-world risk behaviours and respond to incentive and framing, making the task a behavioural complement to self-report measures of risk.