Impulsiveness without discounting: The ecological rationality hypothesis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1556, 2004, Pages 2459-2465

  Stephens, David W ^a   Kerr, Benjamin ^a   Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Discounting; Foraging; Impulsivity

Indexed keywords

FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS; IMPULSIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 17044383026     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2871     Document Type: Article

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