Evolutionary applications of risk sensitivity models to socially stratified species. Comparison of sigmoid, concave, and linear functions

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 265-280

  Kuznar, Lawrence A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ach ; Andes; Behavioral ecology; Evolutionary psychology; Macaques; Risk sensitivity; Sigmoid utility; Value

Indexed keywords

MACACA; SIGMOIDEA;

EID: 0036288854     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(01)00105-2     Document Type: Article

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