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Risky decision and happiness task: The Great Brain Experiment smartphone app

Cite this dataset

Rutledge, Robb B. (2023). Risky decision and happiness task: The Great Brain Experiment smartphone app [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.prr4xgxkk

Abstract

This resource consists of data from a risky decision and happiness task that was part of The Great Brain Experiment (GBE) smartphone app. Data were collected from 47,067 participants aged 18+ between March 8, 2013 and October 5, 2015. These anonymous unpaid participants completed the task a total of 91,058 times making approximately 2.7 million choices and 1.1 million happiness ratings in total. This resource represents at least 6,000 hours of task data. A subset of 1,858 participants also completed a depression questionnaire and answered five questions about their depression history.

Usage notes

Data are stored in Matlab structure arrays. The Matlab script Rutledge_GBE_risk_data_code.m generates key results from published studies. Please read the associated README file.

Funding

Wellcome Trust, Award: 101252/Z/13/Z

Medical Research Council, Award: MR/N02401X/1