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Cognitive Phenotypes and the Evolution of Animal Decisions.
Trends in ecology & evolution - 1 Nov 2016
Mendelson Tamra C, Fitzpatrick Courtney L, Hauber Mark E, Pence Charles H, Rodríguez Rafael L, Safran Rebecca J, Stern Caitlin A, Stevens Jeffrey R
Abstract excerpt
Despite the clear fitness consequences of animal decisions, the science of animal decision making in evolutionary biology is underdeveloped compared with decision science in human psychology. Specifically, the field lacks a conceptual framework that defines and describes the relevant components of a decision, leading to imprecise language and concepts. The 'judgment and decision-making' (JDM) framework in human...
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