Decision time is associated with future cooperation and social rewiring decisions in network public goods games

Zeyu Zhu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0347919

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Decision time is associated with future cooperation and social rewiring decisions in network public goods games

Zeyu Zhu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: zhu.zeyu@outlook.com

Affiliations Human Nature Lab, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Sociology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7441-0112

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Decision time is associated with future cooperation and social rewiring decisions in network public goods games

Zeyu Zhu

Published: April 28, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0347919

About the Authors

Zeyu Zhu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: zhu.zeyu@outlook.com

Affiliations Human Nature Lab, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Sociology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7441-0112

Competing Interests

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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