State-dependent valuation learning in fish: Banded tetras prefer stimuli associated with greater past deprivation

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 333-336

  Aw, J M ^a   Holbrook, R I ^a   Burt de Perera, T ^a   Kacelnik, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concorde fallacy; Decision making; Fish; State dependence; Sunk cost effect

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FINFISH; LEARNING; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; VALUATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FITNESS; FOOD; FOOD DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; REWARD; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

ANIMALS; COLOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DECISION MAKING; FISHES; FOOD; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HUNGER; LEARNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD;

ASTYANAX FASCIATUS; AVES; HEXAPODA; TETRA;

EID: 64949170269     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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