Cognitive and motivational requirements for the emergence of cooperation in a rat social game.

BACKGROUND: Game theory and the Prisoner's Dilemma (PD) game in particular, which captures the paradox of cooperative interactions that lead to benefits but entail costs to the interacting individuals, have constituted a powerful tool in the study of the mechanisms of reciprocity. However, in n...

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Main Authors: Duarte S Viana, Isabel Gordo, Elio Sucena, Marta A P Moita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2799661?pdf=render