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SUBMITTER: Ludvig EA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4155912 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ludvig Elliot A EA Madan Christopher R CR Pisklak Jeffrey M JM Spetch Marcia L ML
Biology letters 20140801 8
Whereas humans are risk averse for monetary gains, other animals can be risk seeking for food rewards, especially when faced with variable delays or under significant deprivation. A key difference between these findings is that humans are often explicitly told about the risky options, whereas non-human animals must learn about them from their own experience. We tested pigeons (Columba livia) and humans in formally identical choice tasks where all outcomes were learned from experience. Both speci ...[more]