Sequential and simultaneous choices: Testing the diet selection and sequential choice models

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Freidin, Esteban; Aw, Justine; Kacelnik, Alex
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2009
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We investigate simultaneous and sequential choices in starlings, using Charnov’s Diet ChoiceModel (DCM) and Shapiro, Siller and Kacelnik’s Sequential Choice Model (SCM) to integrate function and mechanism. During a training phase, starlings encountered one food-related option per trial (A, B or R) in random sequence and with equal probability. A and B delivered food rewards after programmed delays (shorter for A), while R (‘rejection’) moved directly to the next trial without reward. In this phase we measured latencies to respond. In a later, choice, phase, birds encountered the pairs A–B, A–R and B–R, the first implementing a simultaneous choice and the second and third sequential choices. The DCM predicts when R should be chosen to maximize intake rate, and SCM uses latencies of the training phase to predict choices between any pair of options in the choice phase. The predictions of both models coincided, and both successfully predicted the birds’ preferences. The DCM does not deal with partial preferences, while the SCM does, and experimental results were strongly correlated to this model’s predictions. We believe that the SCM may expose a very general mechanism of animal choice, and that its wider domain of success reflects the greater ecological significance of sequential over simultaneous choices.
Fil: Freidin, Esteban. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiarida. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiarida; Argentina. University of Oxford; Reino Unido
Fil: Aw, Justine. University of Oxford; Reino Unido
Fil: Kacelnik, Alex. University of Oxford; Reino Unido
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Diet Selection
Optimal Foraging
Starlings
Sequential Choices
Sturnus Vulgaris
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spelling Sequential and simultaneous choices: Testing the diet selection and sequential choice modelsFreidin, EstebanAw, JustineKacelnik, AlexDiet SelectionOptimal ForagingStarlingsSequential ChoicesSturnus Vulgarishttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4We investigate simultaneous and sequential choices in starlings, using Charnov’s Diet ChoiceModel (DCM) and Shapiro, Siller and Kacelnik’s Sequential Choice Model (SCM) to integrate function and mechanism. During a training phase, starlings encountered one food-related option per trial (A, B or R) in random sequence and with equal probability. A and B delivered food rewards after programmed delays (shorter for A), while R (‘rejection’) moved directly to the next trial without reward. In this phase we measured latencies to respond. In a later, choice, phase, birds encountered the pairs A–B, A–R and B–R, the first implementing a simultaneous choice and the second and third sequential choices. The DCM predicts when R should be chosen to maximize intake rate, and SCM uses latencies of the training phase to predict choices between any pair of options in the choice phase. The predictions of both models coincided, and both successfully predicted the birds’ preferences. The DCM does not deal with partial preferences, while the SCM does, and experimental results were strongly correlated to this model’s predictions. We believe that the SCM may expose a very general mechanism of animal choice, and that its wider domain of success reflects the greater ecological significance of sequential over simultaneous choices.Fil: Freidin, Esteban. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiarida. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiarida; Argentina. University of Oxford; Reino UnidoFil: Aw, Justine. University of Oxford; Reino UnidoFil: Kacelnik, Alex. University of Oxford; Reino UnidoElsevier Science2009-03info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/19979Freidin, Esteban; Aw, Justine; Kacelnik, Alex; Sequential and simultaneous choices: Testing the diet selection and sequential choice models; Elsevier Science; Behavioural Processes; 80; 3; 3-2009; 218-2230376-6357CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376635708002805info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.beproc.2008.12.001info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:58:42Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/19979instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:58:42.578CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sequential and simultaneous choices: Testing the diet selection and sequential choice models
title Sequential and simultaneous choices: Testing the diet selection and sequential choice models
spellingShingle Sequential and simultaneous choices: Testing the diet selection and sequential choice models
Freidin, Esteban
Diet Selection
Optimal Foraging
Starlings
Sequential Choices
Sturnus Vulgaris
title_short Sequential and simultaneous choices: Testing the diet selection and sequential choice models
title_full Sequential and simultaneous choices: Testing the diet selection and sequential choice models
title_fullStr Sequential and simultaneous choices: Testing the diet selection and sequential choice models
title_full_unstemmed Sequential and simultaneous choices: Testing the diet selection and sequential choice models
title_sort Sequential and simultaneous choices: Testing the diet selection and sequential choice models
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Freidin, Esteban
Aw, Justine
Kacelnik, Alex
author Freidin, Esteban
author_facet Freidin, Esteban
Aw, Justine
Kacelnik, Alex
author_role author
author2 Aw, Justine
Kacelnik, Alex
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Diet Selection
Optimal Foraging
Starlings
Sequential Choices
Sturnus Vulgaris
topic Diet Selection
Optimal Foraging
Starlings
Sequential Choices
Sturnus Vulgaris
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We investigate simultaneous and sequential choices in starlings, using Charnov’s Diet ChoiceModel (DCM) and Shapiro, Siller and Kacelnik’s Sequential Choice Model (SCM) to integrate function and mechanism. During a training phase, starlings encountered one food-related option per trial (A, B or R) in random sequence and with equal probability. A and B delivered food rewards after programmed delays (shorter for A), while R (‘rejection’) moved directly to the next trial without reward. In this phase we measured latencies to respond. In a later, choice, phase, birds encountered the pairs A–B, A–R and B–R, the first implementing a simultaneous choice and the second and third sequential choices. The DCM predicts when R should be chosen to maximize intake rate, and SCM uses latencies of the training phase to predict choices between any pair of options in the choice phase. The predictions of both models coincided, and both successfully predicted the birds’ preferences. The DCM does not deal with partial preferences, while the SCM does, and experimental results were strongly correlated to this model’s predictions. We believe that the SCM may expose a very general mechanism of animal choice, and that its wider domain of success reflects the greater ecological significance of sequential over simultaneous choices.
Fil: Freidin, Esteban. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiarida. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiarida; Argentina. University of Oxford; Reino Unido
Fil: Aw, Justine. University of Oxford; Reino Unido
Fil: Kacelnik, Alex. University of Oxford; Reino Unido
description We investigate simultaneous and sequential choices in starlings, using Charnov’s Diet ChoiceModel (DCM) and Shapiro, Siller and Kacelnik’s Sequential Choice Model (SCM) to integrate function and mechanism. During a training phase, starlings encountered one food-related option per trial (A, B or R) in random sequence and with equal probability. A and B delivered food rewards after programmed delays (shorter for A), while R (‘rejection’) moved directly to the next trial without reward. In this phase we measured latencies to respond. In a later, choice, phase, birds encountered the pairs A–B, A–R and B–R, the first implementing a simultaneous choice and the second and third sequential choices. The DCM predicts when R should be chosen to maximize intake rate, and SCM uses latencies of the training phase to predict choices between any pair of options in the choice phase. The predictions of both models coincided, and both successfully predicted the birds’ preferences. The DCM does not deal with partial preferences, while the SCM does, and experimental results were strongly correlated to this model’s predictions. We believe that the SCM may expose a very general mechanism of animal choice, and that its wider domain of success reflects the greater ecological significance of sequential over simultaneous choices.
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Freidin, Esteban; Aw, Justine; Kacelnik, Alex; Sequential and simultaneous choices: Testing the diet selection and sequential choice models; Elsevier Science; Behavioural Processes; 80; 3; 3-2009; 218-223
0376-6357
CONICET Digital
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identifier_str_mv Freidin, Esteban; Aw, Justine; Kacelnik, Alex; Sequential and simultaneous choices: Testing the diet selection and sequential choice models; Elsevier Science; Behavioural Processes; 80; 3; 3-2009; 218-223
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