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Bounded Rationality in <i>C. elegans</i>

2018-01-31

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Rational choice theory assumes optimality in decision-making. Violations of a basic axiom of economic rationality known as “Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives” (IIA), have been demonstrated in both humans and animals, and could stem from common neuronal constraints. We developed tests for IIA in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans , an animal with only 302 neurons, using olfactory chemotaxis assays. We found...

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Literature Corpus work: 52afe446-dd9b-58d7-a4dc-96f3720231d6
DOI: 10.1101/257535

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