Table 4 Percentage of responses for each decision.

From: Economic preferences and cognitive abilities among teenagers in Spain

The Truck task

The Gumball Machine task

Decision num.

A

B

Decision num.

A

B

#1

83.63%

16.37%

#1

89.43%

10.57%

#2

57.80%

42.20%

#2

80.88%

19.12%

#3

46.93%

53.07%

#3

45.41%

54.59%

#4

39.34%

60.66%

#4

18.19%

81.81%

#5

36.66%

63.34%

#5

10.03%

89.97%

#6

29.19%

70.81%

#6

5.24%

94.76%

  1. Note: Subjects in both tasks can exhibit inconsistent responses within the task, for instance, if they switch back from option B to option A. The same tendency can be observed in both tasks: The majority of subjects begin with option A and change to option B gradually and finally, the majority of subjects end up choosing option B in the last decision.
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