Behavior: Knowing When to Walk Away, Knowing When to Run

نویسنده

  • Herman Pontzer
چکیده

A new model has been proposed indicating that humans and other animals weigh the metabolic cost of pursuit in deciding how fast to move toward a given reward, providing a powerful framework for understanding behavior.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Current Biology

دوره 26  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016