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<p>You are invited to participate in a research study, entitled "The use of auxiliary hypotheses in mental model updating", conducted by Trisevgeni Papakonstantinou (email: trisevgeni.papakonstantinou.19[at]ucl.ac.uk) under the supervision of Prof. David Lagnado (d.lagnado[at]ucl.ac.uk) from University College London.</p> 

<p>The purpose of this research study is to examine how people update their mental models in different domains. As part of the study, you will complete a short reasoning task by answering some questions. If you agree to participate, you will be presented with a short description of a person or a situation and asked to make some predictions, drawing conclusions according to the information you are given, and explain your reasoning behind them. This is presented on the computer screen. You will indicate your responses to some questions about the scenario. Some anonymous demographic questions, such as age, gender, highest education level, and political/religious views are included.</p>

<p>The activity will take approximately 15 minutes of your time.</p>


<p><b>Participation and Withdrawal</b></p>
<p>Participation in this study is voluntary and there are no negative consequences to withdrawing participation. This study has been processed by the Research Ethics Committee at University College London and the study number is EP/2017/005.</p>

<p>All data will be handled according to the General Data Protection Regulations and will be kept anonymous (your name will not appear in any publication related to this study and will not be shared with any other parties). We will not be collecting any identifying information. The legal basis for processing your data is public interest. Any sensitive personal data (your gender / your political orientation etc) will be stored safely in accordance with GDPR guidelines and will not be linked with any identifying information about you. The legal basis for processing your personal data is your consent.</p>


<p>Completely anonymous datafiles will be shared online in accordance with open-science practices. If you do not consent to de-identified data being shared, please close your browser window and do not hit the submit button. Once de-identified data have been shared, it may be difficult or impossible to withdraw consent for your anonymous data to be used. Please only continue if you are happy for your anonymous data to be used in this way.</p>


<p>By continuing, you are consenting to allow the researchers to use your responses in the study for academic purposes and consenting for your anonymised data to be shared. Please do not leave or exit the tab before completion if you'd like your response to be recorded. If you do not wish to participate, or if you change your mind during the course of the study, please close your browser window.</p>



<p>Ethics Officer: ethics@ucl.ac.uk </p>

<p>Data Protection Officer: data-protection@ucl.ac.uk</p>



 
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