The development of cooperative relationships: An experiment

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1530, 2003, Pages 2279-2283

  Roberts, Gilbert ^a   Renwick, James S ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Prisoner's Dilemma; Reciprocal altruism; Relationships

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; PRISONER DILEMMA; RECIPROCITY;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INVESTMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0242721410     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2491     Document Type: Article

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