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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2023

Sex differences in patch-leaving foraging decisions in rats.

Marissa Garcia, Sukriti Gupta, Andrew M Wikenheiser

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marissa GarciaDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095.
Sukriti GuptaDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095.
Andrew M WikenheiserDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

BUILD PODER IIRL5GM118975 · NIGMS · CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE · PI CHAVIRA, GABRIELA, KHACHIKIAN, CRIST SIMON · 2015 to 2023
$10.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS RL5 GM118975
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ubiquity, importance, and sophistication of foraging behavior makes it an ideal platform for studying naturalistic decision making in animals. We developed a spatial patch-foraging task for rats, in which subjects chose how long to remain in one foraging patch as the rate of food earnings steadily decreased. The cost of seeking out a new location was varied across sessions. The behavioral task was designed to mimic the structure of natural foraging problems, where distinct spatial locations are associated with different reward statistics, and decisions require navigation and movement through space. Male and female Long-Evans rats generally followed the predictions of theoretical models of foraging, albeit with a consistent tendency to persist with patches for too long compared to behavioral strategies that maximize food intake rate. The tendency to choose overly-long patch residence times was stronger in male rats. We also observed sex differences in locomotion as rats performed the task, but these differences in movement only partially accounted for the differences in patch residence durations observed between male and female rats. Together, these results suggest a nuanced relationship between movement, sex, and foraging decisions.

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