Cooperation during cultural group formation promotes trust towards members of out-groups

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1762, 2013, Pages

  Pan, Xiaofei Sophia ^a   Houser, Daniel ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural group formation; In group favouritism; Out group discrimination; Trust

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DATA ACQUISITION; LITERATURE REVIEW;

ALTRUISM; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GAME; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; TRUST;

ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; TRUST;

EID: 84891538216     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0606     Document Type: Article

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