The robustness of cognitively simple judgment in ecologies of Prisoner's Dilemma games

BioSystems

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 81-97

  Orbell, John ^a   Runde, Audun ^a   Morikawa, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b LEWIS CLARK STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive mechanisms; Ecologies; Prisoner's dilemma games

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; GAME; MUTATION;

EID: 0030031123     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-2647(95)01547-7     Document Type: Article

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