Multiple gossip statements and their effect on reputation and trustworthiness

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1650, 2008, Pages 2529-2536

  Sommerfeld, Ralf D ^a   Krambeck, Hans Jürgen ^a   Milinski, Manfred ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Indirect reciprocity; Language; Rumour; Trust

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOMINID; LANGUAGE; RECIPROCITY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MACHIAVELLIANISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRUST;

EID: 52749098739     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0762     Document Type: Article

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