Intuition, deliberation, and the evolution of cooperation

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

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 936-941

  Bear, Adam ^a   Rand, David G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Dual process; Evolutionary game theory; Heuristics; Prisoner's dilemma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTION; GAME; INTUITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATIONAL GAME; COGNITION; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COGNITION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; INTUITION; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84955503827     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1517780113     Document Type: Article

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