CeDEx Behavioral Experiment Demonstration

Baader, Fischbacher, Starmer, & Tufano (CeDEx Discussion Paper 2025-01)

1. Instructions 2. Local Search (2 words) 3. Tower of London (5 tasks) 4. Results & Benchmark

Welcome to the Study

In this study you will complete two cognitive tasks from the research paper "Measuring Creativity: Associative Thinking in Semantic Networks":

Part 1: Local Search Task (2 rounds)
For each presented word, generate as many singular noun associations as possible within 2 minutes. Words are valid if they appear in the dictionary definition of the target word. Bonus: £0.50 per valid word.

Part 2: Tower of London Task (5 rounds)
Move 3 balls on 3 rods to reach the target arrangement in the fewest moves possible (1 warm-up + 4 test tasks). Moves are direct from rod to rod. Time limit: 60 seconds per task. Bonus: £0.20 per second remaining.