Collective rationality in interactive decisions: Evidence for team reasoning

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 387-397

  Colman, Andrew M ^a   Pulford, Briony D ^a   Rose, Jo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective rationality; Game theory; Nash equilibrium; Payoff dominance; Team reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 44449161980     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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