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Re:Goaded by a robot, students took greater risk: study by kschwab on Sunday April 25, 2021 @11:59PM (#26939137)
>A total of 180 undergraduate psychology students participated in the study

Ahh. I had initially assumed kids, given the penny per pump thing. Though I suppose undergrads might feel pretty anxious about risking pennies :)

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Re:Goaded by a robot, students took greater risk: study by Majromax on Monday April 26, 2021 @08:20AM (#26941741)
Since the article notes that each participant had 30 balloons, and the quoted feedback suggests that 50 pumps is a possible value, we can estimate that the expected value of the experiment to the participant is somewhere between £10 and £15.
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