Submissions tagged with cooperation
(4 documents)
Genetic similarity promotes evolution of cooperation under lethal intergroup competition
Altruism (helping others at a cost to oneself) may evolve via group selection if the cost of altruism to the individual is compensated for by growth differences among groups when (1) there is high ...
Received 21 March 2008 22:42 GMT; Posted 24 March 2008
Posted to: Evolutionary Biology and Ecology
Pro-social motive promotes early understanding of false belief
Ever since Premack & Woodruff’s classic article1, which introduced the term “theory of mind”, researchers have claimed that strategic deception is the most natural behavioural...
Received 20 March 2008 06:48 GMT; Posted 22 March 2008
Posted to: Developmental Biology
Numbers, not value, motivate cooperation in humans and orangutans
Cooperation among competitors-whether sharing the burden of wind resistance in the Tour de France, forming price-fixing cartels in economic markets, or adhering to arms-control agreements in intern...
Received 05 December 2007 21:07 GMT; Posted 05 December 2007
Posted to: Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Biology and Ecology
Evolution of Co-operation When the Strategies are Hidden: The Human Mating Game
Defection is frequently seen in co-operative systems [1-3]. Game theoretical solutions to stabilize cooperation rely on reciprocity and reputation in iterated games[4-5]. One of the basic requireme...
Received 16 August 2007 07:28 GMT; Posted 21 August 2007
Posted to: Evolutionary Biology and Ecology