Quantity judgments in the context of risk/reward decision making in striped field mice: First "count," then hunt

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue FEB, 2013, Pages

  Panteleeva, Sofia ^a,b   Reznikova, Zhanna ^a,b   Vygonyailova, Olga ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY OF ANIMALS   (Russian Federation)

^b NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ants; Behavioral ecology; Cognition; Decision making; Feeding patches; Quantity judgments; Risky hunting; Rodents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964378639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00053     Document Type: Article

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