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SUBMITTER: Rivalan M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5727109 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rivalan Marion M Winter York Y Nachev Vladislav V
Scientific reports 20171212 1
Humans and non-human animals frequently violate principles of economic rationality, such as transitivity, independence of irrelevant alternatives, and regularity. The conditions that lead to these violations are not completely understood. Here we report a study on mice tested in automated home-cage setups using rewards of drinking water. Rewards differed in one of two dimensions, volume or probability. Our results suggest that mouse choice conforms to the principles of economic rationality for o ...[more]