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Altruistic behavior

Does Competition Really Bring Out the Worst? Testosterone, Social Distance and Inter-Male Competition Shape Parochial Altruism in Human Males

Esther Kristina Diekhof, Susanne Wittmer, Luise Reimers

published 30 Jul 2014

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The Effects of Within- and Between-Group Competition on Trust and Trustworthiness among Acquaintances

Guofang Liu, Chongde Lin, Ziqiang Xin

published 18 Jul 2014

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Mothers More Altruistic than Fathers, but Only When Bearing Responsibility Alone: Evidence from Parental Choice Experiments in Tanzania

Jana Vyrastekova, Janine Huisman, Idda Mosha, Jeroen Smits

published 25 Jun 2014

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Aspiration-Based Partner Switching Boosts Cooperation in Social Dilemmas

Zhi Li, Zhihu Yang, Te Wu, Long Wang

published 04 Jun 2014

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The Effects of Extra-Somatic Weapons on the Evolution of Human Cooperation towards Non-Kin

Tim Phillips, Jiawei Li, Graham Kendall

published 05 May 2014

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Individual Choices in Dynamic Networks: An Experiment on Social Preferences

Dennie van Dolder, Vincent Buskens

published 14 Apr 2014

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Justine Effect: Punishment of the Unduly Self-Sacrificing Cooperative Individuals

Aleš Antonín Kuběna, Petr Houdek, Jitka Lindová, Lenka Příplatová, Jaroslav Flegr

published 26 Mar 2014

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An Evolutionary Model of Cooperation, Fairness and Altruistic Punishment in Public Good Games

Moritz Hetzer, Didier Sornette

published 19 Nov 2013

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Family Income Affects Children’s Altruistic Behavior in the Dictator Game

Yongxiang Chen, Liqi Zhu, Zhe Chen

published 12 Nov 2013

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Infants Help a Non-Human Agent

Ben Kenward, Gustaf Gredebäck

published 18 Sep 2013

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Altruism Can Proliferate through Population Viscosity despite High Random Gene Flow

Roberto H. Schonmann, Renato Vicente, Nestor Caticha

published 19 Aug 2013

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Psychological Traces of China's Socio-Economic Reforms in the Ultimatum and Dictator Games

Liqi Zhu, Gerd Gigerenzer, Gang Huangfu

published 14 Aug 2013

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PARTAKE Survey of Public Knowledge and Perceptions of Clinical Research in India

Tal Burt, Savita Dhillon, Pooja Sharma, Danish Khan, Deepa MV, Sazid Alam, Sarika Jain, Bhavana Alapati, Sanjay Mittal, Padam Singh

published 16 Jul 2013

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