The discounting-by-interruptions hypothesis: Model and experiment

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 154-162

  Henly, Samuel E ^a   Ostdiek, Allison ^a   Blackwell, Erika ^a   Knutie, Sarah ^a   Dunlap, Aimee S ^a   Stephens, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Decision making; Discounting; Foraging; Impulsivity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MODELING; PASSERINE;

ANIMALIA; CYANOCITTA; CYANOCITTA CRISTATA;

EID: 38149118106     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm110     Document Type: Article

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