Behavioural correlate of choice confidence in a discrete trial paradigm

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Lavan, Doron ^a   McDonald, James S ^a   Westbrook, R Frederick ^a   Arabzadeh, Ehsan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXPECTANCY; LICKING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; RAT; REWARD; ANIMAL; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MENTAL PROCESSES; RATS; REWARD;

EID: 80055056059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026863     Document Type: Article

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