Resistance to extreme strategies, rather than prosocial preferences, can explain human cooperation in public goods games

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 10125-10130

  Kümmerli, Rolf ^a   Burton Chellew, Maxwell N ^b   Ross Gillespie, Adin ^a,c   West, Stuart A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altruism; Economic games; Inclusive fitness; Psychological drives; Utility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ALTRUISM; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953425148     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1000829107     Document Type: Article

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