Rational maximizing by humans (Homo sapiens) in an ultimatum game

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 671-677

  Smith, Phillip ^a   Silberberg, Alan ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Down linkage test; Human; Linkage test; Ultimatum game; Up linkage test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 77953915373     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-010-0310-4     Document Type: Article

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