Cooperation and competition between twins: Findings from a Prisoner's Dilemma game

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-51

  Segal, Nancy L ^a   Hershberger, Scott L ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Cooperation; Prisoner's Dilemma; Twins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032615660     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(98)00039-7     Document Type: Article

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