Cues of being watched enhance cooperation in a real-world setting

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 412-414

  Bateson, Melissa ^a   Nettle, Daniel ^a   Roberts, Gilbert ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altruism; Cooperative behaviour; Eyespots; Reputation

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DRINKING; EYE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HONESTY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33748676097     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0509     Document Type: Article

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