Let's say that you are in a signal detection experiment. If I wanted you to have the lowest possible detection threshold, I should

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Increasing the rewards for hits and the costs for misses incentivizes the participant to be more vigilant in detecting signals, thereby lowering the detection threshold. This approach encourages participants to try harder to identify true signals (hits) and avoid missing them, without overly penalizing false alarms, which could otherwise raise the threshold by making participants overly cautious.

Let's Say That You Are in a Signal Detection Experiment