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

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Pontzer, H
Published in: Current biology : CB
August 2016

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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Current biology : CB

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EISSN

1879-0445

ISSN

0960-9822

Publication Date

August 2016

Volume

26

Issue

15

Start / End Page

R717 / R718

Related Subject Headings

  • Walking
  • Reward
  • Humans
  • Developmental Biology
  • Animals
  • 52 Psychology
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Pontzer, H. (2016). Behavior: Knowing When to Walk Away, Knowing When to Run. Current Biology : CB, 26(15), R717–R718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.06.048
Pontzer, Herman. “Behavior: Knowing When to Walk Away, Knowing When to Run.Current Biology : CB 26, no. 15 (August 2016): R717–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.06.048.
Pontzer H. Behavior: Knowing When to Walk Away, Knowing When to Run. Current biology : CB. 2016 Aug;26(15):R717–8.
Pontzer, Herman. “Behavior: Knowing When to Walk Away, Knowing When to Run.Current Biology : CB, vol. 26, no. 15, Aug. 2016, pp. R717–18. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.06.048.
Pontzer H. Behavior: Knowing When to Walk Away, Knowing When to Run. Current biology : CB. 2016 Aug;26(15):R717–R718.
Journal cover image

Published In

Current biology : CB

DOI

EISSN

1879-0445

ISSN

0960-9822

Publication Date

August 2016

Volume

26

Issue

15

Start / End Page

R717 / R718

Related Subject Headings

  • Walking
  • Reward
  • Humans
  • Developmental Biology
  • Animals
  • 52 Psychology
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences