Spite is contagious in dynamic networks.
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SUBMITTER: Fulker Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7801472 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
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Spite is contagious in dynamic networks.
Fulker Zachary Z Forber Patrick P Smead Rory R Riedl Christoph C
Nature communications 20210111 1
Spite, costly behavior that harms others, presents an evolutionary puzzle: given that both the actor and recipient do worse, how could it emerge? We show that dynamically evolving interaction networks provide a novel explanation for the evolution of costly harm. Previous work has shown that anti-correlated interaction (e.g., negative assortment or negative relatedness) among behavioral strategies in populations can lead to the evolution of costly harm. We show that these approaches are blind to ...[more]
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