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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 4.
Published in final edited form as: Neuron. 2015 Jan 22;85(3):602–614. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.12.050

Figure 2. Monkeys pay for information about future rewards.

Figure 2

A. Monkey preference for the informative option as a function of the water amount difference between the informative and uninformative options. Error bars indicate standard error. B. The subjective value of information (i.e. the amount of offered stakes the monkey paid to gain the information) as a function of offered water amount. Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals. C&D. Heatmap, showing preference for the informative option as a function of the water amount of the informative and uninformative options. Black line indicates the indifference curve, indicating the indifference points of the animal (i.e. when preference for the two options is equivalent)