University of Genoa

A Reliability Game for Source Factors and Situational Awareness Experimentation

The Reliability Game serves as a specialized serious game designed to investigate the cognitive mechanisms behind situational awareness and belief formation under conditions of uncertainty.

• The Reliability Game uses a structured, four-round simulation involving eleven information cards to quantify how experts weigh evidence against three potential maritime outcomes: no incident, safety issue, or security issue.
• Human decision-making in the study demonstrates a cognitive bias toward excluding specific hypotheses rather than actively confirming them.
• Participants show a strong reluctance to use 'unknown' ratings, preferring to commit to definitive, albeit uncertain, stances when evaluating information.