ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Decision Neuroscience
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1635677
Mouse-Tracking as a Tool for Investigating Strategic Behavior in Public Goods Game
Provisionally accepted
- 1Skolkovskij institut nauki i tehnologij, Moscow, Russia
- 2Moskovskij gosudarstvennyj psihologo-pedagogiceskij universitet, Moscow, Russia
- 3National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
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Recent research has demonstrated the potential of utilizing mouse-tracking as a viable alternative method for examining attention-related attributes within the context of a multifaceted activity. In this study, a mouse-tracking technique was utilized to gather data from individuals who were involved in an online format of the Public Goods Game. It was observed that participants exhibited distinct approaches to acquiring information while formulating decisions to propose high, moderate, or low offers. Our study revealed that the mouse-tracking algorithm effectively distinguishes between various types of offers made towards group funding, as evidenced by the measured distance of the cursor.
Keywords: mouse-tracking, Public goods game, decision-making, cooperation, strategic behavior
Received: 26 May 2025; Accepted: 18 Aug 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Benachour, Medvedev and Zinchenko. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Oksana Zinchenko, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
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