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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 7.
Published in final edited form as: Genes Brain Behav. 2008 Jun 2;7(7):705–713. doi: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2008.00406.x

Table 2.

HAD rats are more sensitive to delayed or probabilistic outcomes.

Delay Discounting Probability Discounting
Bias k Bias k
HAD1 1.28 ± 0.04*** 0.53 ± 0.07** 1.14 ± 0.10* 0.76 ± 0.19*
HAD2 1.36 ± 0.09*** 0.40 ± 0.07** 1.12 ± 0.09* 0.53 ± 0.19*
LAD1 0.99 ± 0.09 0.20 ± 0.06 1.00 ± 0.12 0.25 ± 0.04
LAD2 0.80 ± 0.11 0.25 ± 0.04 0.76 ± 0.14 0.44 ± 0.30

Data shown are the mean ± SEM for bias (b) and discount parameter (k) values as derived from the hyperbolic discount function (Equation 1). Higher values of k indicate greater sensitivity to delayed or probabilistic outcomes. Bias values above one indicate a preference for the cost (uncertain or delayed) lever and bias values below 1.0 indicate a preference for the certain or immediate lever. HAD1 n = 6, HAD2 n = 6, LAD1 n = 6, LAD2 n = 5. Significant line differences are denoted as follows,

*

p < 0.05,

**

p = 0.001,

***

p < 0.001

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