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Emma V Scholey

University of NottinghamORCID 0000-0002-2864-8939Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Stochastic choice drives variability in patch foraging decisions in humans and rats

Emma V Scholey, Matthew A J Apps, Mark D. Humphries

This study shows stochastic choice explains variability in patch foraging decisions in humans and rats, making leaving variability independent of environmental rewards and using suboptimal internal reward rate estimates.

Communications Psychology · May 19, 2026Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition