The effects of reward quality on risk-sensitivity in Rattus norvegicus

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-46

  Craft, Baine B ^a   Church, Anna C ^a   Rohrbach, Caitlyn M ^a   Bennett, Jessica M ^a  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Foraging; Rat; Reward; Risk sensitive

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; ENERGY BUDGET; FITNESS; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LITERATURE REVIEW; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RODENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC ENERGY BUDGET; CONTROLLED STUDY; FITNESS; FORAGER; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RAT; REWARD; RISK; RISK SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REWARD; RISK FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 80051596797     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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