Think Like a Worm: Value-Based Decision Making Cinaenorhabditis elegans

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dc.contributor.authorArcher, Johnathan Roberts
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-15T17:11:14Z
dc.date.available2018-12-15T17:11:14Z
dc.date.issued2018-06
dc.description28 pages. Presented to the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Robert D. Clark Honors College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science June 2018
dc.description.abstractNearly all of our actions are based on making choices. The alternatives and their consequences, with input from our memory, our senses, and other factors, are weighed through an incredibly complex neural process. However, this process remains poorly understood. Using a simple food-choice behavioral assay, we tested the decision-making of Caenorhabditis elegans, a nematode worm. It is hoped that a clear understanding, both at the neural level and at the behavioral level, of the decision-making process of this organism will help elucidate analogous processes in higher organisms such as humans.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/23980
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US
dc.subjectNeuorbiologyen_US
dc.subjectValue-Based Decision Making (VBDM)en_US
dc.subjectGeneralized Axiom of Revealed Preference (GARP)en_US
dc.subjectBehavioren_US
dc.subjectBudgeten_US
dc.subjectCaenorhabditis elegansen_US
dc.subjectRationalityen_US
dc.titleThink Like a Worm: Value-Based Decision Making Cinaenorhabditis elegans
dc.typeThesis/Dissertation

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