People's study time allocation and its relation to animal foraging

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-221

  Metcalfe, Janet ^a   Jacobs, W Jake ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging; Metacognition

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; TIME ALLOCATION;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CALORIC INTAKE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PERSEVERATION;

ANIMALS; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; COGNITION; CUES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77349105505     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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