Diffusion modelling reveals the decision making processes underlying negative judgement bias in rats

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Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Hales, Claire A ^a   Robinson, EmmaS J ^a   Houghton, Conor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITIVE BIAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; RAT; RESPONSE TIME; REWARD; SOCIAL ISOLATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL BIAS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84962150077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152592     Document Type: Article

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