Given the great number of completely ridiculous things that money is spent on, the LAST thing we should be considering is an either/or option between two interesting scientific fields.
When chimpanzees were offered a choice between two options, a mutually beneficial option or a selfishly beneficial option, they did not change their choice whether a conspecific partner was present or absent [16] [18].
Typically, an animal is confronted with a choice between two options A and B. Prior to choosing, it is informed that one option, say B, is the incorrect choice, and the choice would be exclusion-driven if the animal selects A over B. However, the mechanism on which this is based is unclear and may also differ between experiments [2], [3] and species [1], [4].
James, in "The Will to Believe," defined a live hypothesis as an idea that an individual finds at least somewhat credible or potentially acceptable and a "living option" as a choice between two live hypotheses.
In the second part of the chain, the respondent would be asked a 'standard gamble' question involving a choice between two options.
In the rodent task, the animal is presented with a choice between two options of equivalent expected value, such that reward on one option is guaranteed while the other has a 50% chance of double the prize or nothing.
(C ) Our model predicts that when given a choice between two options with equal net effects on the internal state, animals choose the option that first results in reducing the homeostatic deviation and then is followed by an increase in deviation (green), as compared to a reversed-order option (red).
Suppose we are given a choice between two options: (1) periodically harvesting in a constant capacity environment and (2) constantly harvesting in a periodic environment.
The human subject makes a choice between two options at regular time intervals and receives a reward after each choice; for a variety of reward structures, these experiments show convergence of the aggregate behavior to rewards that are often suboptimal.
No, I am usually not a thrill seeker, but this was my best option between two scary choices: either glide in the air or jump out of a plane.
