Research Article

Individual Differences in Gambling Proneness among Rats and Common Marmosets: An Automated Choice Task

Table 1

Pellets per minute.

p = 17%p = 14%

Marmoset, gambler2.69 ± 0.371.23 ± 0.66
Marmoset, non-gambler7.84 ± 0.916.91 ± 0.89
Rat, gambler2.79 ± 0.272.54 ± 0.32
Rat, non-gambler3.15 ± 0.193.73 ± 0.26

Mean (±SEM) number of pellets earned per minute. Subjects are the same as in Figure 2. On final sessions at very low probability values (p = 17%, 14%), the amount of pellets obtained by “non-gambler” marmosets was considerably higher compared to “gambler” marmosets and rats of both subpopulations.