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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Published in:	Judgment and Decision Making
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
Subjects:	risk risk sensitivity rhesus macaque utility curve biased anchoring expected utility
Online Access:	https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1930297500000401/type/journal_article