Economic choices reveal probability distortion in macaque monkeys

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3146-3154

  Stauffer, William R ^a   Lak, Armin ^a   Bossaerts, Peter ^b,c   Schultz, Wolfram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic choice; Monkey; Probability distortion; Utility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; GAMBLING; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; REWARD; RHESUS MONKEY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; GAME; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PROBABILITY; REWARD; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 84923040503     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3653-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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