An adaptive response to uncertainty generates positive and negative contrast effects

Science

Volumn 340, Issue 6136, 2013, Pages 1084-1086

  McNamara, John M ^a   Fawcett, Tim W ^a   Houston, Alasdair I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCELERATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84878368527     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1230599     Document Type: Article

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