An Animal Model of Human Gambling

Human gambling generally involves taking a risk on a low probability high outcome alternative over the more economically optimal high probability low outcome alternative (not gambling). Surprisingly, although optimal foraging theory suggests that animals should be sensitive to the overall probabilit...

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Main Author: Thomas R. Zentall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de San Buenaventura 2016-09-01
Series:International Journal of Psychological Research
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Online Access:http://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/2284