The economic and evolutionary basis of selves

Cognitive Systems Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 246-258

  Ross, Don ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Evolutionary game theory; Individual agency; Modeling; Selves; Social dynamics

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; GAME THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; EVOLUTIONARY GAME THEORY; INDIVIDUAL AGENCY; NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS; RADICAL ANTI-INDIVIDUALISM; SOCIAL DYNAMICS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COGNITION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPIRICISM; EVOLUTION; GAME; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD;

EID: 33646076209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13890417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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