Cooperative behaviour and prosocial reputation dynamics in a Dominican village

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Macfarlan, Shane J ^a   Quinlan, Robert ^b   Remiker, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Dominica; Indirect reciprocity; Prosociality; Reputations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COOPERATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; PREDICTION; PROSOCIAL REPUTATION; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; AGE; DOMINICA; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOMINICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE SECTOR; LANGUAGE; RECIPROCITY; VILLAGE;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

EID: 84878302168     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0557     Document Type: Article

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