Dear participant,

Welcome to this experiment. At first you will see a visual instruction of the task, followed by some questions. You then have two practice trials followed by the different research trials of our copying task. The experiment will approximately take 20 minutes. For psychology students of Utrecht University, the experiment can be compensated with 0,5 PPU. This compensation will only be provided if the whole experiment has been finished. To receive the 0,5 PPU you need a sona-systems account.

This experiment is intended for adults. If you are younger than 18, you are not allowed to participate in this experiment. The results and demographic information of this experiment are anonymous and the results are used for research purposes only. The results will be kept confidentially. This experiment is a non-invasive behavioural computer task. This experiment will have no negative consequences. You will have a break between the two trials, this break can be as long as you like. We do ask you to finish a trial without breaks because we will track the amount of time it takes to finish a trial. Participating in this study is voluntary, you can stop the experiment at any time without stating a reason. Stopping the experiment will have no consequences. After finishing the experiment we will provide additional information. We kindly ask you to make this experiment in a silent room on your own, with your phone tucked away. This experiment can only be performed on a desktop or laptop using a mouse or trackpad. The experiment works properly on google Chrome, we ask you to use this browser. The experiment will get the best results if you sit in a comfortable and correct position. This research is carried out by psychology students at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. For questions or comments about this experiment, please email: s.vermeij@students.uu.nl. You may save this contact information before you continue. Thank you in advance for your time, good luck with the experiment.

Kind Regards,

Steven Harselaar, Diederik Vergouwen, Sam Vermeij & Mason van de Weteringh, Psychology department The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University