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Mechanisms of optimal choice

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Commentary onFantinoEdmund and AbarcaNureya (1985) Choice, optimal foraging, and the delay-reduction hypothesis. BBS 8:315–330.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Clive Wynne
Clive Wynne
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Psychologisches Institute, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D4630 Bachum 1, Federal Republic of, Germany
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , June 1987, pp. 316
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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