The rise and fall of cooperation through reputation and group polarization.
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SUBMITTER: Gross J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6377668 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
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The rise and fall of cooperation through reputation and group polarization.
Gross Jörg J De Dreu Carsten K W CKW
Nature communications 20190215 1
Humans exhibit a remarkable capacity for cooperation among genetically unrelated individuals. Yet, human cooperation is neither universal, nor stable. Instead, cooperation is often bounded to members of particular groups, and such groups endogenously form or break apart. Cooperation networks are parochial and under constant reconfiguration. Here, we demonstrate how parochial cooperation networks endogenously emerge as a consequence of simple reputation heuristics people may use when deciding to ...[more]
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