The hard problem of cooperation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Eriksson, Kimmo ^a,b   Strimling, Pontus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRUST;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PUNISHMENT; TOKEN ECONOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863607196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040325     Document Type: Article

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