Revisiting foraging approaches in neuroscience

• Published in: Cognitive, affective, & behavioral neuroscience Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 225 - 230
• Main Authors: Hall-McMaster, Sam, Luyckx, Fabrice
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.04.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal behavior; Animal cognition; Animals; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Brain - physiology; Choice Behavior; Cognitive Psychology; Computational neuroscience; Decision making; Ecology; Humans; Mars; Memory; Nature; Nervous system; Neurons; Neurosciences; Optimal foraging; Physiology; Population biology; Psychology; Reinforcement; Reward; Theoretical Review; Theory; Foraging theory; Sequential decision-making; Reward-maximization

Many complex real-world decisions, such as deciding which house to buy or whether to switch jobs, involve trying to maximize reward across a sequence of choices. Optimal Foraging Theory is well suited to study these kinds of choices because it provides formal models for reward-maximization in sequen...