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Abstract:

A core problem of decision theories is that although decisionmakers' preferences depend on learning, their choices could be driven either by learned representations of the physical properties of each alternative (for instance reward sizes) or of the benefit (utility and fitness) experienced from them. Physical properties are independent of the subject's state and context, but utility depends on both. We show that starlings' choices are better explained by memory for context-dependent utility than by representations of the alternatives' physical properties, even when the decisionmakers' state is controlled and they have accurate knowledge about the options' physical properties. Our results support the potential universality of utility-driven preference control.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Context-dependent utility overrides absolute memory as a determinant of choice
Autor:Pompilio, L.; Kacelnik, A.
Filiación:Zoology Department, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, United Kingdom
Departamento de Ecología, Genética Y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palabras clave:Decision-making; Optimal foraging; Rationality; Starling; State-dependent preferences; animal experiment; article; controlled study; decision making; decision theory; fitness; knowledge; learning; memory; nonhuman; priority journal; starling; Animals; Behavior, Animal; Choice Behavior; Conditioning, Operant; Humans; Learning; Memory; Models, Psychological; Models, Theoretical; Psychomotor Performance; Starlings; Sturnidae
Año:2010
Volumen:107
Número:1
Página de inicio:508
Página de fin:512
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0907250107
Título revista:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Título revista abreviado:Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.
ISSN:00278424
CODEN:PNASA
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Pompilio, L. & Kacelnik, A. (2010) . Context-dependent utility overrides absolute memory as a determinant of choice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(1), 508-512.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0907250107
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Pompilio, L., Kacelnik, A. "Context-dependent utility overrides absolute memory as a determinant of choice" . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107, no. 1 (2010) : 508-512.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0907250107
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Pompilio, L., Kacelnik, A. "Context-dependent utility overrides absolute memory as a determinant of choice" . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 107, no. 1, 2010, pp. 508-512.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0907250107
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Pompilio, L., Kacelnik, A. Context-dependent utility overrides absolute memory as a determinant of choice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2010;107(1):508-512.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0907250107