Cooperation and contagion in web-based, networked public goods experiments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Suri, Siddharth ^a   Watts, Duncan J ^a  

^a YAHOO RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC GOODS GAME; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; TASK PERFORMANCE; CALIBRATION; DEMOGRAPHY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CALIBRATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; LEARNING; MALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79952666748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016836     Document Type: Article

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