Carving the cognitive niche: Optimal learning strategies in homogeneous and heterogeneous environments

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-188

  Kerr, Benjamin ^a,b   Feldman, Marcus W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; LEARNING; MEMORY;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REWARD; SAMPLE SIZE; STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0037221799     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2003.3146     Document Type: Article

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