Is Working More Costly than Waiting in Monkeys?

We studied how value for instrumental action is discounted by predicted effort and delay. The monkeys were trained to perform instrumental trials that required a bar release when a visual target changed from red-to-green. There were two trial conditions. In delay trials, after the monkeys performed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Minamimoto, Takafumi, Hori, Yukiko, Richmond, Barry J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3492350/