Why be nice? Psychological constraints on the evolution of cooperation

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 60-65

  Stevens, Jeffrey R ^a   Hauser, Marc D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

NUMERICAL DISCRIMINATION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ALTRUISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; FORAGING; FORGERY; HUMAN; INTUITION; LEARNING; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; THEORY;

EID: 0842326544     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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