The Iowa Gambling Task: Men and Women Perform Differently. A Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: The Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) was designed to assess decision-making under conditions of complexity and uncertainty; it is currently one of the most widely used tests to assess decision-making in both experimental and clinical settings. In the original version of the task, participants are given a loan of play money and four decks of cards and are asked to maximize profits. Although any single card unpredictably yields wins/losses, variations in frequency and size of gains/losses ultimately make two decks more advantageous in the long term. Several studies have previously suggested that there may be a sex-related difference in IGT performance. Thus, the present study aimed to explore and quantify sex differences in IGT performance by pooling the results of 110 studies. The meta-analysis rev

SUBMITTER: Zanini L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11965174 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature