Payoff-based learning best explains the rate of decline in cooperation across 237 public-goods games

What motivates human behaviour in social dilemmas? The results of public goods games are commonly interpreted as showing that humans are altruistically motivated to benefit others. However, there is a competing ‘confused learners’ hypothesis: that individuals start the game either uncertain or mista...

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Main Authors: Burton-Chellew, M.N (Author), West, S.A (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Research 2021
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