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Metabolic State Alters Economic Decision Making under Risk in Humans

BACKGROUND: Animals' attitudes to risk are profoundly influenced by metabolic state (hunger and baseline energy stores). Specifically, animals often express a preference for risky (more variable) food sources when below a metabolic reference point (hungry), and safe (less variable) food sources...

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Autores principales: Symmonds, Mkael, Emmanuel, Julian J., Drew, Megan E., Batterham, Rachel L., Dolan, Raymond J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2886827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20585383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011090