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Neural mechanisms of economic choices in mice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Economic choices entail computing and comparing subjective values. Evidence from primates indicates that this behavior relies on the orbitofrontal cortex. Conversely, previous work in rodents provided conflicting results. Here we present a mouse model of
Arana   +81 more
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Multiplexed modulation of behavioral choice [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Biology, 2014
AbstractStimuli in the environment, as well as internal states, influence behavioral choice. Of course, animals are often exposed to multiple external and internal factors simultaneously, which makes the ultimate determinants of behavior quite complex.
Chris R, Palmer   +4 more
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The effects of goal involvement on moral behavior in an experimentally manipulated competitive setting [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In this experiment we examined the effects of task and ego involvement on three measures of moral behavior-prosocial choice, observed prosocial behavior, and observed antisocial behavior-in a competitive setting.
Kavussanu, Maria, Sage, Luke
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Individual Counseling Based on Fogg Behavior Model and Its Effect on Decision Self-Efficacy and Decision Conflict in Choice of Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Section: A Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Evidence-Based Care
Background: Given the high rate of cesarean section complications, mothers who have had previous cesarean sections should change their behavior toward delivery.
Somayeh Attarian   +3 more
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Developing and validating food choice determinants questionnaire: An instrument for exploring food choice determinants in Iran

open access: yesInternational Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2020
Background: This study was carried out to design and validate a questionnaire to measure the majority of factors influencing food choices among adults in Iran.
Arezoo Haghighian Roudsari   +5 more
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Evidence for surprise minimization over value maximization in choice behavior [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Classical economic models are predicated on the idea that the ultimate aim of choice is to maximize utility or reward. In contrast, an alternative perspective highlights the fact that adaptive behavior requires agents' to model their environment and ...
A Clark   +36 more
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Establishing the laws of preferential choice behavior [PDF]

open access: yesJudgment and Decision Making, 2021
Mathematical and computational decision models are powerful tools for studying choice behavior, and hundreds of distinct decision models have been proposed over the long interdisciplinary history of decision making research.
Sudeep Bhatia   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Identifying barriers and facilitators to adopting healthier dietary choices in clinical care: a cross-sectional observational study

open access: yesFrontiers in Nutrition, 2023
Background and aimsAdopting healthier diets can drastically improve societal health. Our environment plays a crucial role in daily dietary choices and hospitals in particular can stimulate patients to adopt healthier eating habits.
Daan L. de Frel   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The genetic basis of host preference and resting behavior in the major African malaria vector, Anopheles arabiensis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Malaria transmission is dependent on the propensity of Anopheles mosquitoes to bite humans (anthropophily) instead of other dead end hosts. Recent increases in the usage of Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets (LLINs) in Africa have been associated ...
Collier, T. J.   +12 more
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Behavioral Public Choice: A Survey [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2014
Public choice theory has originally been motivated by the need to correct the asymmetry, widespread in traditional welfare economics, between the motivational assumptions of market participants and policymakers: Those who played the game of politics should also be considered rational and self-interested.
Schnellenbach, Jan, Schubert, Christian
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