The value of wasted time

About this study

This is the pilot for a study that will be launched on Prolific and will give out real rewards. No rewards will be given to participants in this pilot. In this study, you play five rounds of a simple game. In each round, you go through a stack of cards. On every card, you have to find and click a target emoji in a grid. The round ends when you find the winning card, but not every stack contains one. At some point, you will be offered a different stack to complete instead, and you decide whether to switch. We are interested in how people make this choice. The study takes about 10 minutes and works on desktop and mobile.

Research areas

• Applied Psychology
• Other

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