Why do animals make better choices in patch-leaving problems?

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 252-260

  Stephens, David W ^a   Dunlap, Aimee S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discounting; Foraging; Impulsivity; Intertemporal choice; Patch exploitation; Self control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PATCH DYNAMICS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROWS; FOOD; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60749097162     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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