Dressing the mind properly for the game

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1431, 2003, Pages 583-592

  Sally, David ^a  

^a The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Game theory; Rationality; Risk dominance; Social preferences; Strategic sophistication; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037471840     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1246     Document Type: Review

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