Contingencies of reinforcement in a five-person prisoner's dilemma

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-176

  Yi, Richard ^a,b   Rachlin, Howard ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Humans; Prisoner's dilemma; Reinforcement; Self control; Tit for tat

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644274227     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2004.82-161     Document Type: Article

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