ArticleRoyal Society open science2025
Does the risk-taking behaviour of a group influence individual risk-taking behaviour?
Article in Royal Society open science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Abstract
People often take more risks when in groups than when alone, but studying group-based risk-taking can be logistically challenging. This study used an online simulation of the balloon analogue risk task featuring virtual agents to examine how the presence of others influences individual decision-making. Ninety-nine participants completed 160 trials of a balloon inflation task while situated in a virtual room with five computer-generated agents. On each trial, a varying number of agents also inflated balloons and displayed either risk-taking or risk-avoiding behaviour. Results showed that participants' risk-taking generally increased as more agents co-inflated, and this effect was stronger when the agents behaved riskily, consistent with the risky shift phenomenon. These findings demonstrate the utility of virtual simulations for exploring social influences on risk-related decisions.
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