Evolution of indirect reciprocity

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7063, 2005, Pages 1291-1298

  Nowak, Martin A ^a   Sigmund, Karl ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; COOPERATIVE INTERACTIONS; NATURAL SELECTION; RECIPROCITY;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

NATURAL SELECTION;

BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; COGNITION; COOPERATION; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INDIRECT RECIPROCITY; MORALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIETY; TRUST;

EID: 27644522801     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04131     Document Type: Review

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