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SUBMITTER: Deakin A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5830672 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Deakin Amanda A Mendl Michael M Browne William J WJ Paul Elizabeth S ES Hodge James J L JJL
Biology letters 20180201 2
Affective states influence decision-making under ambiguity in humans and other animals. Individuals in a negative state tend to interpret ambiguous cues more negatively than individuals in a positive state. We demonstrate that the fruit fly, <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>, also exhibits state-dependent changes in cue interpretation. <i>Drosophila</i> were trained on a Go/Go task to approach a positive (P) odour associated with a sugar reward and actively avoid a negative (N) odour associated wit ...[more]