Social learning in cooperative Dilemmas

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1787, 2014, Pages

  Lamba, Shakti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformity; Cultural group selection; Evolution of cooperation; Norms; Payoff biased learning; Public goods games

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; EUSOCIALITY; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HORTICULTURE; HUNTER-GATHERER; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LEARNING; NATURAL SELECTION; PUBLIC GOODS; TRADE-OFF;

INDIA;

EID: 84901428583     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0417     Document Type: Article

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