Consider the Following Game

question 61

Essay

Consider the following game.You choose a number from 1 to 6 and pay $1 to roll three dice.If your number is rolled on any of the dice,you get your dollar back and one dollar for each of the times your number came up.For instance,if your number comes up on two of the three dice,than you get a total of three dollars back.On average,how much would you expect to win at this game?

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Definitions:

Pleasure

A feeling of happiness, satisfaction, or enjoyment that can be derived from physical, emotional, or cognitive experiences.

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

A method of stimulating brain cells, using a powerful magnetic field produced by a wire coil placed on a person’s head; it can be used by researchers to temporarily inactivate neural circuits.

Temporarily Inactivated

Refers to something that has been made inactive or non-functional for a short period of time.

Brain Area

Specific regions within the brain that are associated with particular functions, such as the frontal lobes with decision making or the hippocampus with memory.