State-dependent decisions cause apparent violations of rationality in animal choice

PLoS Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Schuck Paim, Cynthia ^a,b   Pompilio, Lorena ^a   Kacelnik, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MALADJUSTMENT; NONHUMAN; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LOGIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARLING;

ANIMALIA; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LOGIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARLINGS;

EID: 14044252087     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020402     Document Type: Article

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