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SUBMITTER: Antonioni A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5876345 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Antonioni Alberto A Pereda María M Cronin Katherine A KA Tomassini Marco M Sánchez Angel A
Scientific reports 20180329 1
The interplay of social structure and cooperative behavior is under much scrutiny lately as behavior in social contexts becomes increasingly relevant for everyday life. Earlier experimental work showed that the existence of a social hierarchy, earned through competition, was detrimental for the evolution of cooperative behaviors. Here, we study the case in which individuals are ranked in a hierarchical structure based on their performance in a collective effort by having them play a Public Goods ...[more]