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. 2015 Jan 27;5:8040. doi: 10.1038/srep08040

Table 2. Results of model comparison. Shown are AIC (top) and BIC (bottom) values for the models that best explained choice behavior of at least one animal. The best model (the smallest AIC or BIC value) for each animal is indicated in bold. Numbers in the parenthesis indicate the number of parameters for each model (including the inverse temperature). Vact and Vfic, sustained effects (value learning) of actual and fictive rewards, respectively; V, sustained reward effects of the model with equal learning rates for actual and fictive rewards (V = Vact = Vfic); Tact and Tfic, transient effects of actual and fictive rewards, respectively; Vq, constant increment of chosen value; bst, stay bias; bL, bias to select the left goal.

AIC of optimal models.
Rat No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Vact,Tact,Vfic,Tfic,Vq,bst,bL [8] 2194 1517 1570 2005 1435 1231 2110
Vact,Tact,Vfic,Tfic,Vq, bL [7] 2184 1513 1572 2001 1431 1228 2112
Vact,Tact,Vfic,Vq, bL [6] 2242 1556 1582 1999 1437 1238 2111
Vact,Tact,Tfic,Vq,bst, bL [7] 2196 1515 1570 2015 1433 1234 2137
Vact,Tact,Tfic,Vq, bL [6] 2184 1513 1573 2017 1431 1232 2153
V,Tact,Tfic,Vq,bst, bL [7] 2184 1513 1572 2001 1431 1228 2112