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Contextual Factors Explain Risk-Seeking Preferences in Rhesus Monkeys

In contrast to humans and most other animals, rhesus macaques strongly prefer risky rewards to safe ones with similar expected value. Why macaques prefer risk while other animals typically avoid it remains puzzling and challenges the idea that monkeys provide a model for human economic behavior. Her...

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Autores principales: Heilbronner, Sarah R., Hayden, Benjamin Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3561601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23378827
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2013.00007