Adolescents, Cognitive Ability, and Minimax Play

Geng, S.; Peng, Y.; Shachat, J.; Zhong, H.

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2015.01.007

Adolescents, Cognitive Ability, and Minimax Play

Geng, S.; Peng, Y.; Shachat, J.; Zhong, H.

Authors

S. Geng

Y. Peng

Professor Jason Shachat jason.shachat@durham.ac.uk
Professor

H. Zhong

Abstract

We conduct experiments with adolescent participants on repeated fixed play in three different zero-sum games which have mixed strategy minimax solutions. Further, we collect subject information on cognitive abilities and participation rates in competitive activities. We find the adolescents’ correspondences with and deviations from minimax play largely consistent with previously and widely studied adult populations. Further, we find strategic sophistication in terms of implementation of the mixed minimax strategy as well as earnings are not correlated with cognitive ability nor experience in competitive situations.

Citation

Geng, S., Peng, Y., Shachat, J., & Zhong, H. (2015). Adolescents, Cognitive Ability, and Minimax Play. Economics Letters, 128, 54-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2015.01.007

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jan 9, 2015
Online Publication Date	Jan 21, 2015
Publication Date	Mar 1, 2015
Deposit Date	Jan 14, 2015
Publicly Available Date	Jan 23, 2015
Journal	Economics Letters
Print ISSN	0165-1765
Publisher	Elsevier
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	128
Pages	54-58
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2015.01.007
Keywords	Minimax, Experiment, Adolescent, Cognitive abilities.
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1414486

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NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Economics Letters. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Economics Letters, 128, March 2015, 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.01.007.