Uncertainty about social interactions leads to the evolution of social heuristics

Humans are known to use social heuristics to make intuitive decisions on whether to cooperate. Here, the authors show with evolutionary simulations that social heuristics can be an adaptive solution to uncertainties about the consequences of cooperation and can greatly increase cooperation levels.

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Main Authors:	Pieter van den Berg, Tom Wenseleers
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Language:	EN
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2018
Subjects:	Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2a37a73c5f7b46e493e45f4c4e73cdbf2021-12-02T16:56:43ZUncertainty about social interactions leads to the evolution of social heuristics10.1038/s41467-018-04493-12041-1723https://doaj.org/article/2a37a73c5f7b46e493e45f4c4e73cdbf2018-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04493-1https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Humans are known to use social heuristics to make intuitive decisions on whether to cooperate. Here, the authors show with evolutionary simulations that social heuristics can be an adaptive solution to uncertainties about the consequences of cooperation and can greatly increase cooperation levels.Pieter van den BergTom WenseleersNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2018)
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Uncertainty about social interactions leads to the evolution of social heuristics

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