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Apple Gathering Task

Connecting to Pavlovia…
Mode: Short

Overview

Participants decide whether to accept or reject apple-gathering offers that vary in effort and reward.

Calibration

  • 2 rounds of max-speed tapping (5 s each)
  • Best round sets your personal maximum tap rate

Trial Structure

  • 4 effort levels — 50%, 65%, 80%, 95% of max tap rate
  • 4 reward levels — 1, 5, 10, or 20 apples
  • Short = 16 trials, Full = 64 trials

Each Trial

  • See an effort gauge + reward offer
  • Accept or Reject the offer
  • If accepted: 50% chance of an effort test
  • Effort test: tap above target for 8 s
  • Data are saved to Pavlovia at the end

Choose session length:

This build expects to run on Pavlovia and save results server-side.
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Calibration

When you see the orange circle, tap it as fast as you can for 5 seconds.

We'll do this twice and use your best result.

Round 1 of 2

3

5.0s

TAP!
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taps
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Calibration Complete

Your max tapping speed: 7.2 taps/sec

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Apple Gathering

  1. Each trial shows an effort gauge and a reward.
  2. Accept or Reject the offer.
  3. If you accept, there's a 50% chance you'll need to tap.
  4. If you succeed, you earn the apples.
Trial 1 / 64 Total: 0 🍎
10 🍎
Reward
Max 75% 50% 25% 0
Hard
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Gather the apples!

Tap fast enough to keep the bar above the target line.

Trial 1 / 64 For: 10 🍎
8.0
TAP!
Taps: 0
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Apples gathered!
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Apples collected!
+10 🍎
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Offer declined
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Task Complete!

Saving your responses to Pavlovia…