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SUBMITTER: O'Gorman R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2674351 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
O'Gorman Rick R Henrich Joseph J Van Vugt Mark M
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20090101 1655
Much of human cooperation remains an evolutionary riddle. Unlike other animals, people frequently cooperate with non-relatives in large groups. Evolutionary models of large-scale cooperation require not just incentives for cooperation, but also a credible disincentive for free riding. Various theoretical solutions have been proposed and experimentally explored, including reputation monitoring and diffuse punishment. Here, we empirically examine an alternative theoretical proposal: responsibility ...[more]