Thirst-dependent risk preferences in monkeys identify a primitive form of wealth

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 39, 2013, Pages 15788-15793

  Yamada, Hiroshi ^a,b   Tymula, Agnieszka ^c   Louie, Kenway ^a   Glimcher, Paul W ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Satiety; Utility

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL MONKEY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; THIRST;

SATIETY; UTILITY;

ANIMALS; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THIRST;

EID: 84884657412     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1308718110     Document Type: Article

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