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Role-playing game (RPG) tasks are a valid and effective methodological tool capable of capturing classical associative learning phenomena, such as the overexpectation effect, in human participants. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.SUPPORTS_CONSENSUS.

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This study aims to provide evidence for the effectiveness of role-playing games in demonstrating the overexpectation effect in human associative learning.

July 11, 2026Japanese Psychological Research

Role‐Playing Game Task as a Methodological Tool: Further Evidence in Human Associative Learning

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Randomized trial demonstrates the overexpectation effect in university students using a role-playing game task, suggesting its validity as a research method.

Key Points

This study aims to provide evidence for the effectiveness of role-playing games in demonstrating the overexpectation effect in human associative learning.
Two experiments conducted with university students using an RPG task to assess the overexpectation effect.
Participants engaged in role-playing as characters in a fictional setting that examined learning processes.
The overexpectation effect was successfully observed in both experiments, indicating the effectiveness of the RPG task.
The findings suggest that RPG tasks can replicate classical associative effects seen in animal studies.

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Takatoshi Nagaishi (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a51df22c18d7f28ca50069f https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.70042

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July 11, 2026Japanese Psychological Research

Role‐Playing Game Task as a Methodological Tool: Further Evidence in Human Associative Learning

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TNTakatoshi Nagaishi

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Overview

Randomized trial demonstrates the overexpectation effect in university students using a role-playing game task, suggesting its validity as a research method.

Key Points

This study aims to provide evidence for the effectiveness of role-playing games in demonstrating the overexpectation effect in human associative learning.
Two experiments conducted with university students using an RPG task to assess the overexpectation effect.
Participants engaged in role-playing as characters in a fictional setting that examined learning processes.
The overexpectation effect was successfully observed in both experiments, indicating the effectiveness of the RPG task.
The findings suggest that RPG tasks can replicate classical associative effects seen in animal studies.

Cite This Study

Takatoshi Nagaishi (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a51df22c18d7f28ca50069f https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.70042

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