Pymetrics Games Flashcards

In the Balloon Analog Risk Task (BART), what happens if you pump a balloon past its breaking point?

Answer: You lose all earnings accumulated for that balloon

Bursting a balloon means you lose all coins banked for that specific balloon round.

Which Pymetrics game specifically measures your ability to inhibit a prepotent response when a stop signal appears?

Answer: Stop Signal Task

The Stop Signal Task measures response inhibition by requiring you to stop a keypress when a stop signal appears.

In Pymetrics' Money Exchange Game 1, Player A sends money to Player B and it triples. What does this game primarily measure?

Answer: Trust and willingness to cooperate

The Money Exchange Game 1 (Trust Game) measures interpersonal trust by seeing how much money you're willing to send to a stranger.

The Faces Game in Pymetrics asks you to identify emotions. Which trait does strong performance in this game correlate with?

Answer: Emotional intelligence and empathy

The Faces Game assesses emotional intelligence by measuring how accurately you identify emotions from facial expressions.

In the Arrows Game, you must press the key matching the direction of the CENTER arrow, ignoring flanking arrows. What cognitive ability does this test?

Answer: Selective attention and cognitive control

The Arrows Game (Eriksen Flanker Task) measures selective attention by testing whether you can focus on a central target while ignoring distractors.

How many games does a typical Pymetrics assessment contain?

Answer: 12 games

A standard Pymetrics assessment includes 12 games, each lasting a few minutes for a total of about 25-30 minutes.

In the Digit Span Game, sequences of numbers are shown and then you must recall them. What does this measure?

Answer: Working memory capacity

The Digit Span Game measures working memory capacity by testing how many digits you can hold and accurately recall.