Starlings uphold principles of economic rationality for delay and probability of reward.
Rationality principles are the bedrock of normative theories of decision-making in biology and microeconomics, but whereas in microeconomics, consistent choice underlies the notion of utility; in biology, the assumption of consistent selective pressures justifies modelling decision mechanisms as if...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2013
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