MindMetrics · Assessment experience
Bart's Balloon Stand
Risk-related behaviour, reward evaluation and increasing uncertainty.
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What this task explores
Explore decisions as reward and risk grow
Bart's Balloon Stand is designed to examine risk-related behaviour, reward evaluation and decision-making as uncertainty increases. It is a research assessment — not a predictor of real-world dangerous behaviour.
How it works
Participant experience
Participants decide how far to inflate balloons in a fairground stand. With every pump the potential reward grows, but so does the chance of losing it — revealing how each person balances gain and risk.
Example measures
What may be recorded
- Choices to continue or stop
- Reaction times
- Reward accumulation
- Response to losses
- Trial-by-trial adjustment
- Behavioural variability
Research context
Being evaluated carefully
Bart's Balloon Stand is being used and evaluated in research contexts. Results characterise decision-making patterns rather than predicting specific real-world behaviour.
MindMetrics is under research and development. It is not a standalone diagnostic test and does not provide medical advice.
