Spontaneous giving and calculated greed

David G. Rand (), Joshua D. Greene and Martin A. Nowak
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David G. Rand: Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, Harvard University
Joshua D. Greene: Harvard University
Martin A. Nowak: Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, Harvard University

Nature, 2012, vol. 489, issue 7416, 427-430

Abstract: Economic games are used to investigate the cognitive mechanisms underlying cooperative behaviour, and show that intuition supports cooperation in social dilemmas, whereas reflection can undermine these cooperative impulses.

Date: 2012
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