… A neuroethological approach to decision-making considers the effect of evolutionary
pressures on neural circuits mediating choice. In this view, decision systems are expected to …

… These considerations predict that neuroethological studies will be crucial for understanding
the neurobiology of reward and decision making in humans as well as other animals. …

… In parallel, recent neuroethological studies of decision making have … the neural circuits that
mediate decision making. This approach has … human decision making in health and disease. …

This chapter summarizes the findings from recent neurophysiological studies designed to
address these two aspects of decision making in nonhuman primates. Specifically, the results …

… have favored well-controlled associative learning paradigms, yet researchers are now
creating semi-realistic environments that examine the dynamic flow of decision-making and …

… consider the evolutionary roots of human decision-making to explain how we systematically
… designing and interpreting more conventional decision-making problems. For instance, …

… ecology from neuroethology and behavioral ecology was articulated by Real. [33], who put
forward a ‘cognitive approach’ toward understanding animal decision-making. Intended as an …

… rodent decision-making tasks. Then, we examine recent progress in rodent decision-making …
Lastly, we offer practical insights to those seeking to study decision-making in quantifiable …

… It follows, I argue, that those who wish to understand decision making need to appreciate
the decision-making problems that foraging animals have faced throughout their evolutionary …

… framework for studying decision making: the bounded and … traditionally focused on human
decision making, they are just … to the study of primate decision making, I begin by introducing …