Exposure to superfluous information reduces cooperation and increases antisocial punishment in reputation-based interactions

Human cooperation is often based on reputation gained from previous interactions with third parties. Such reputation can be built on generous or punitive actions, and both, one’s own reputation and the reputation of others have been shown to influence decision making in experimental games that contr...

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Main Authors: Miguel edos Santos, Victoria A. Braithwaite, Claus eWedekind
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2014.00041/full