Sign tracking predicts suboptimal behavior in a rodent gambling task.
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DOI: 10.1007/s00213-021-05887-8
Abstract: RATIONALE Reward-associated cues can promote maladaptive behavior, including risky decision-making in a gambling setting. A propensity for sign tracking over goal tracking-i.e., interaction with a reward-predictive cue rather than the site of reward-demonstrates an individual's… read more here.
Keywords: sign tracking; gambling task; sign; rodent gambling ... See more keywords
Large-N Rat Data Enables Phenotyping of Risky Decision-Making: A Retrospective Analysis of Brain Injury on the Rodent Gambling Task
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DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.837654
Abstract: Decision-making is substantially altered after brain injuries. Patients and rats with brain injury are more likely to make suboptimal, and sometimes risky choices. Such changes in decision-making may arise from alterations in how sensitive individuals… read more here.
Keywords: rodent gambling; decision making; sensitivity; brain injury ... See more keywords