Social Environment Shapes the Speed of Cooperation

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 29622
• Main Authors: Nishi, Akihiro, Christakis, Nicholas A., Evans, Anthony M., O’Malley, A. James, Rand, David G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 20.07.2016; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/158/2463; 631/181/2469; Cooperation; Decision making; Games; Human subjects; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hypotheses; Independent study; multidisciplinary; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Social behavior; University students

Are cooperative decisions typically made more quickly or slowly than non-cooperative decisions? While this question has attracted considerable attention in recent years, most research has focused on one-shot interactions. Yet it is repeated interactions that characterize most important real-world so...