Evolution of direct reciprocity under uncertainty can explain human generosity in one-shot encounters

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

Volumn 108, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 13335-13340

  Deltona, Andrew W ^a   Krasnowa, Max M ^a   Cosmides, Leda ^a   Tooby, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Cooperation; Ecological rationality; Evolutionary psychology; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GENEROSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPROCITY; SIMULATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ALTRUISM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 80052018708     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1102131108     Document Type: Article

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