A modeling study suggests that influential neighbors can be as effective as despotic leaders at promoting social cooperation. Prosocial behaviors can be difficult to sustain in large societies over the long term, as people ...
Social Sciences
Jul 2, 2024
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While there is an increasing consensus among humans that corporal discipline of children does more harm than good, fish may disagree.
Plants & Animals
Jun 18, 2024
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In the complicated world of human interactions, helping others can come back around, a concept known as indirect reciprocity. It's like a societal credit score, where one's good deeds build up a good reputation, prompting ...
Social Sciences
Mar 4, 2024
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Cooperation is one of the elements that form the foundation of social systems; nonetheless, the intricacies of its evolutionary mechanisms are not fully understood. Recently, "multiplex networks" have garnered attention as ...
Social Sciences
Oct 27, 2023
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When individuals suffer a loss of resources due to the actions of others, they often aim to recoup these resources directly from those responsible.
Social Sciences
Sep 13, 2023
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One of the most significant drivers of crop evolution stems from the changes in the selection associated with the shift of plants from a highly heterogeneous and biodiverse natural environment into a homogeneous monoculture ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 6, 2023
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Cooperation is a guiding principle of everyday life. It's as simple as following the rules of the road when driving or holding a door for a stranger; cooperation is a fundamental aspect of human societies and has long intrigued ...
Mathematics
Jun 8, 2023
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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Plön show that reputation plays a key role in determining which rewarding policies people adopt. Using game theory, they explain why individuals learn to use rewards to specifically ...
Social Sciences
Oct 27, 2022
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Bacteria, not unlike humans, can take up more resources than necessary. When this happens, synthesized byproducts can leak into the environment, which allows other nearby bacteria to evolve cooperative behaviors—such as ...
Evolution
Jun 13, 2022
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A person who is generous and caring at home may be cutthroat at work, striving to bring in the most sales or advance up a corporate management chain. In a similar vein, a self-centered neighbor may be a model of altruism ...
Social Sciences
Feb 9, 2022
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