Biases in preferences for sequences of outcomes in monkeys
Blanchard, Wolfe, Vlaev, Winston and Hayden showed monkeys reward sequences and had them choose between repeating a sequence and a standard comparator; like humans, they weighted the final element heavily and sometimes valued a sequence less after a small reward was added to the end; they preferred sequences with a large peak only after a working-memory challenge. Cognition 130(3), 289-299, 2014.
Blanchard, Wolfe, Vlaev, Winston and Hayden showed monkeys reward sequences and had them choose between repeating a sequence and a standard comparator; like humans, they weighted the final element heavily and sometimes valued a sequence less after a small reward was added to the end; they preferred sequences with a large peak only after a working-memory challenge. Cognition 130(3), 289-299, 2014.
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Blanchard, T. C., Wolfe, L. S., Vlaev, I., Winston, J. S., Hayden, B. Y. (2014). Biases in preferences for sequences of outcomes in monkeys. Cognition, 130(3), 289-299. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2013.11.012 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2013.11.012