Experimental evidence of selective inattention in reputation-based cooperation.

ABSTRACT: Reputation-based cooperation is often observed in modern society. People gain several types of information by assessing others. Among these, the most important information is the actions of people and those of their recipients. However, almost all studies assume that people consider all of the information they receive. This assumption is extreme, and people engaging in reputation-based cooperation may not pay attention to some information, i.e., they may display selective inattention. We demonstrate that subjects' decision-making in relation to cooperative action depends on the content of the information they receive about their recipients. Our results show that subjects either consider or ignore information depending on the content of that information. When their recipients had cooperated

SUBMITTER: Okada I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6172233 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature