Cooperation among non-relatives evolves by state-dependent generalized reciprocity

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1707, 2011, Pages 843-848

  Barta, Zoltán ^a   McNamara, John M ^b   Huszár, Dóra B ^a   Taborsky, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anonymous partners; Gratitude; Internal state; Tit for tat

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; RECIPROCITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79952348996     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1634     Document Type: Conference Paper

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