# Animal Decision Making

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Podcast: [Data Skeptic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic)
Published: 2024-03-12T21:55:00+00:00
Episode link: https://dataskeptic.com/blog/episodes/2024/animal-decision-making
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## Resource

On today's episode, we are joined by Aimee Dunlap. Aimee is an assistant professor at the University of Missouri–St. Louis and the interim director at the Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center. Aimee discussed how animals perceive information and what they use it for. She discussed the connection between their environment and learning for decision-making. She also discussed the costs required for learning and factors that affect animal learning.

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