Subtle social cues, explicit incentives and cooperation in social dilemmas

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 179-188

  Boone, Christophe ^a   Declerck, Carolyn H ^a   Suetens, Sigrid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Incentives; Social cognition; Social cues; Social dilemmas

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949112170     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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