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SUBMITTER: Pfeiffer T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1559812 | biostudies-other | 2005 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Pfeiffer Thomas T Rutte Claudia C Killingback Timothy T Taborsky Michael M Bonhoeffer Sebastian S
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20050601 1568
The evolution of cooperation by direct reciprocity requires that individuals recognize their present partner and remember the outcome of their last encounter with that specific partner. Direct reciprocity thus requires advanced cognitive abilities. Here, we demonstrate that if individuals repeatedly interact within small groups with different partners in a two person Prisoner's Dilemma, cooperation can emerge and also be maintained in the absence of such cognitive capabilities. It is sufficient ...[more]