Evolution of spite through indirect reciprocity

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1551, 2004, Pages 1917-1922

  Johnstone, Rufus A ^a   Bshary, Redouan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Eavesdropping; Image scoring; Indirect reciprocity; Reputation; Spite

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; RECIPROCITY;

AGGRESSION; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPETITION; COOPERATION; HUMAN RELATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GAME; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

AGGRESSION; ALTRUISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 6044247089     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2581     Document Type: Article

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