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SUBMITTER: Burton-Chellew MN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5474078 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Burton-Chellew Maxwell N MN El Mouden Claire C West Stuart A SA
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20170601 1856
Humans may cooperate strategically, cooperating at higher levels than expected from their short-term interests, to try and stimulate others to cooperate. To test this hypothesis, we experimentally manipulated the extent an individual's behaviour is known to others, and hence whether or not strategic cooperation is possible. In contrast with many previous studies, we avoided confounding factors by preventing individuals from learning during the game about either pay-offs or about how other indivi ...[more]