عنوان

Individual Differences in Novelty-Seeking are Associated with Different Patterns of Preference in a Risk-Sensitivity Procedure in Rats

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عنوان اصلي

Individual Differences in Novelty-Seeking are Associated with Different Patterns of Preference in a Risk-Sensitivity Procedure in Rats

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Camarena Pérez, Héctor Octavio; García-Leal, Oscar

متن يادداشت

The preferences of organisms faced with changing conditions in food delivery situations have been studied under the rubric of risk-sensitivity. Optimal foraging theory often applies the energy budget model to explain the preferences shown by organisms, but in this paper we suggest a different approach, one based on the study of individual differences. A sample of rats was classified as high and low novelty-seeking. Afterwards, they were maintained at 75% or 90% of their body weight and exposed to a risk-sensitivity procedure. The results show that the novelty-seeking model is associated with different patterns of preference under a risk-sensitivity procedure, but that these patterns do not correlate with the level of food deprivation employed. Furthermore, we found that the spontaneous alternation between options in a choice situation correlates with the organism's preference during a risk procedure. Considering recent findings in the area of animal and human decision-making, our results are explained in terms of altered behavioral processes.

تاريخ نشر

2015

عنوان

International Journal of Comparative Psychology

شماره جلد

28

عنصر شناسه اي

Camarena Pérez, Héctor Octavio; García-Leal, Oscar

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y