Does an altruist-detection cognitive mechanism function independently of a cheater-detection cognitive mechanism? Studies using Wason selection tasks

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 366-380

  Oda, Ryo ^a   Hiraishi, Kai ^b   Matsumoto Oda, Akiko ^c  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Okinawa University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Altruist detection; Cheater detection; Darwinian algorithm; Deontic reasoning; Wason selection task

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747191399     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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