State-dependent valuation learning in fish: banded tetras prefer stimuli associated with greater past deprivation

Humans and some birds and insects sometimes prefer alternatives associated with greater past cost or need, sometimes affording losses. It has been proposed that this is widespread because learning may include knowledge about both the physical properties of alternatives and state-dependent fitness ga...

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Main Authors: Aw, J, Holbrook, R, de Perera, T, Kacelnik, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2009
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