Is optimism optimal? Functional causes of apparent behavioural biases

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 172-178

  Houston, Alasdair I ^a   Trimmer, Pete C ^a   Fawcett, Tim W ^a   Higginson, Andrew D ^a   Marshall, James A R ^b   McNamara, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bandit models; Long term currency; Natural selection; Optimal decision making; Optimism; Pessimism; Short term currency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MATHEMATICAL THEORY; NATURAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THEORY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERROR MANAGEMENT THEORY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSURANCE POLICY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIMISM; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PESSIMISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION RISK; PROGENY; REWARD; SELF CONCEPT; SURVIVAL RATE; TEAMWORK;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; MOTIVATION; REWARD; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84856368324     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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