Contextual factors explain risk-seeking preferences in rhesus monkeys

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 FEB, 2013, Pages

  Heilbronner, Sarah R ^a   Hayden, Benjamin Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gambling; Macaque; Neuroeconomics; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVERSION; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOD PREFERENCE; GAMBLING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; REWARD; RHESUS MONKEY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VALIDITY;

EID: 84878835827     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00007     Document Type: Article

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