Risk-sensitivity: Crossroads for theories of decision-making

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 304-309

  Kacelnik, Alex ^a   Bateson, Melissa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000545694     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(97)01093-0     Document Type: Review

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