Relationship between virtual reality balloon analogue risk task and risky decision-making.
The balloon analogue risk task (BART) is widely used to assess risk-taking tendencies on behavioral tests. However, biases or unstable results are sometimes reported, and there are concerns about whether the BART can predict risk behavior in the real world. To address this problem, the present study...
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| description | The balloon analogue risk task (BART) is widely used to assess risk-taking tendencies on behavioral tests. However, biases or unstable results are sometimes reported, and there are concerns about whether the BART can predict risk behavior in the real world. To address this problem, the present study developed a virtual reality (VR) BART to enhance the reality of the task and narrow the gap between performance on the BART and risk behavior in the real world. We evaluated the usability of our VR BART through assessments of the relationships between BART scores and psychological metrics and additionally implemented an emergency decision-making VR driving task to investigate further whether the VR BART can predict risk-related decision-making in emergency situations. Notably, we found that the BART score significantly correlated with both sensation-seeking and risky driving behavior. Additionally, when we split participants into groups with high and low BART scores and compared their psychological metrics, we found that the high-score BART group included more male participants and exhibited higher sensation-seeking and more risky decision-making in an emergency situation. Overall, our study shows the potential of our new VR BART paradigm to predict risky decision-making in the real world. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-97cdf1456a0041d09763f721ee8268482023-04-12T05:33:16ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01182e028209710.1371/journal.pone.0282097Relationship between virtual reality balloon analogue risk task and risky decision-making.Uijong JuChristian WallravenThe balloon analogue risk task (BART) is widely used to assess risk-taking tendencies on behavioral tests. However, biases or unstable results are sometimes reported, and there are concerns about whether the BART can predict risk behavior in the real world. To address this problem, the present study developed a virtual reality (VR) BART to enhance the reality of the task and narrow the gap between performance on the BART and risk behavior in the real world. We evaluated the usability of our VR BART through assessments of the relationships between BART scores and psychological metrics and additionally implemented an emergency decision-making VR driving task to investigate further whether the VR BART can predict risk-related decision-making in emergency situations. Notably, we found that the BART score significantly correlated with both sensation-seeking and risky driving behavior. Additionally, when we split participants into groups with high and low BART scores and compared their psychological metrics, we found that the high-score BART group included more male participants and exhibited higher sensation-seeking and more risky decision-making in an emergency situation. Overall, our study shows the potential of our new VR BART paradigm to predict risky decision-making in the real world.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282097 |
| spellingShingle | Uijong Ju Christian Wallraven Relationship between virtual reality balloon analogue risk task and risky decision-making. PLoS ONE |
| title | Relationship between virtual reality balloon analogue risk task and risky decision-making. |
| title_full | Relationship between virtual reality balloon analogue risk task and risky decision-making. |
| title_fullStr | Relationship between virtual reality balloon analogue risk task and risky decision-making. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationship between virtual reality balloon analogue risk task and risky decision-making. |
| title_short | Relationship between virtual reality balloon analogue risk task and risky decision-making. |
| title_sort | relationship between virtual reality balloon analogue risk task and risky decision making |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282097 |
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