A cooperative instinct

Simon Gächter

Nature, 2012, vol. 489, issue 7416, 374-375

Abstract: Acting on a gut feeling can sometimes lead to poor decisions. But it will usually support the common good, according to a study showing that human intuition favours cooperative, rather than selfish, behaviour. See Letter p. 427

Date: 2012
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