Probability matching is not the default decision making strategy in human and non-human primates

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 13092 - 16
• Main Authors: Saldana, Carmen, Claidière, Nicolas, Fagot, Joël, Smith, Kenny
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 30.07.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/181; 631/477; Cognitive science; Decision making; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Primates; Probability learning; Psychology; Science; Science (multidisciplinary)

Probability matching has long been taken as a prime example of irrational behaviour in human decision making; however, its nature and uniqueness in the animal world is still much debated. In this paper we report a set of four preregistered experiments testing adult humans and Guinea baboons on match...