Upstream reciprocity and the evolution of gratitude

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1610, 2007, Pages 605-610

  Nowak, Martin A ^a,b   Roch, Sebastien ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct reciprocity; Evolution of cooperation; Random walks on graphs; Spatial reciprocity; Upstream indirect reciprocity

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NATURAL SELECTION; PERCEPTION; RECIPROCITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ALTRUISM; CALCULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COOPERATION; EMOTION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; GAME; GENETIC SELECTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 33947503986     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0125     Document Type: Review

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