Substitution Heuristic on Proportional Tasks
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Official title
Substitution in Adult Proportional Reasoning
Brief summary
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The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether or not adults use a substitution heuristic when reasoning about proportions. The main question it aims to answer is: Do adults use a substitution heuristic when judging non-symbolic proportions, leading them to answer an easier, yet incorrect question? Researchers will compare performance at baseline with one of two conditions in order to see if forced behavioral changes can change performance on the task. Participants will be asked to compare two images and judge which has the higher proportion of the target color. Each participant will also be assigned to one of two condition where they either receive a further incentive for correct selections or are required to use more time when making their calculations.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT06762366
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 442 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Additional Incentive Behavioral
- Response Delay Behavioral
- Baseline Performance Behavioral
Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 64 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Dec 12, 2024
- Primary completion
- Mar 14, 2026
- Completion
- Mar 14, 2026
- Last update posted
- Jun 4, 2026
2024 – 2026
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science | Piscataway | New Jersey | 08854 | — |
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- Last update posted Jun 4, 2026 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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