Cross inhibition improves activity selection when switching incurs time costs

Current Zoology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 242-250

  Marshall, James A R ^a   Favreau Peigné, Angélique ^b   Fromhage, Lutz ^c   McNamara, John M ^d   Meah, Lianne F S ^a   Houston, Alasdair I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Universite de Nantes   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity selection; Behaviour; Crossinhibition; Foraging; Geometric framework; Neuroscience

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84925456330     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/61.2.242     Document Type: Article

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