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Food seeking and food sharing under uncertainty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2019

Efrat Aharonov-Majar Open the ORCID record for Efrat Aharonov-Majar [Opens in a new window]  and
Ramzi Suleiman Open the ORCID record for Ramzi Suleiman [Opens in a new window]
Efrat Aharonov-Majar
Affiliation:
Dynamic Decision Making Laboratory, Social and Decision Sciences Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. efrat.aharonov@gmail.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/efrat-aharonov-majar-phd-50b60240/
Ramzi Suleiman
Affiliation:
Triangle Research and Development Center (TRDC), Kafr Kara, Israel 30075. Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel3498838. suleiman@psy.haifa.ac.ilhttp://suleiman.haifa.ac.il/ Department of Philosophy, Al Quds University, Palestinian National Authority.
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Abstract

We propose an elaboration of Anselme and Güntürkün's research that considers individuals’ foraging behavior as part of group efforts to cope with uncertainty. We discuss different possibilities for the interaction between individual and group mechanisms for risk reduction in uncertain environments, and we raise some open questions for future research.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e36
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