Dissociable effects of basolateral amygdala lesions on decision making biases in rats when loss or gain is emphasized

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1184-1195

  Tremblay, Melanie ^a   Cocker, Paul J ^a   Hosking, Jay G ^a   Zeeb, Fiona D ^a   Rogers, Robert D ^b   Winstanley, Catharine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Framing effect; Gambling; Loss chasing; Prospect theory; Reflection effect; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

QUINOLINIC ACID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN INJURY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE MODEL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INJURIES; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LONG EVANS RAT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REACTION TIME; REWARD; STATISTICAL BIAS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASOLATERAL NUCLEAR COMPLEX; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRAIN INJURIES; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; QUINOLINIC ACID; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; REWARD; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 84896550339     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-014-0271-1     Document Type: Article

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