Cognitive influences on risk-seeking by rhesus macaques,

Humans and other animals are idiosyncratically sensitive to risk, either preferring or avoiding options having the same value but differing in uncertainty. Many explanations for risk sensitivity rely on the non-linear shape of a hypothesized utility curve. Because such models do not place any import...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Y. Hayden, Sarah R. Heilbronner, Amrita C. Nair, Michael L. Platt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2008-06-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/8221/jdm8221.pdf