Performance and awareness in the Iowa Gambling Task.
Newell & Shanks (N&S) conclude that healthy participants learn to differentiate between the good and bad decks of the Iowa Gambling Task, and that healthy participants even have conscious knowledge about the task's payoff structure. Improved methods of analysis and new behavioral findings suggest that this conclusion is premature.
University of Amsterdam, 1018 XA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. helen.steingroever@gmail.com ej.wagenmakers@gmail.com www.helensteingroever.com www.ejwagenmakers.com.
Helen
H
Steingroever
University of Amsterdam, 1018 XA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. helen.steingroever@gmail.com ej.wagenmakers@gmail.com www.helensteingroever.com www.ejwagenmakers.com.
Eric-Jan
EJ
Wagenmakers
D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology