Experimental Games and Social Decision Making

Annual Review of Psychology, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 72(1), P. 415 - 438

Published: Oct. 2, 2020

Experimental games model situations in which the future outcomes of individuals and groups depend on their own choices those other (groups of) individuals. Games are a powerful tool to identify neural psychological mechanisms underlying interpersonal group cooperation coordination. Here we discuss recent developments how experimental used adapted, with an increased focus repeated interactions, partner control through sanctioning, (de)selection for interactions. Important advances have been made uncovering neurobiological underpinnings key factors involved coordination, including social preferences, cooperative beliefs, (emotion) signaling, and, particular, reputations (in)direct reciprocity. Emerging trends at cross-sections psychology, economics, neurosciences include heterogeneities, intergroup polarization conflict, cross-cultural differences norm enforcement, neurocomputational modeling formation updating preferences beliefs.

Language: Английский

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Beyond collective intelligence: Collective adaptation

Journal of The Royal Society Interface, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 20(200)

Published: March 1, 2023

We develop a conceptual framework for studying collective adaptation in complex socio-cognitive systems, driven by dynamic interactions of social integration strategies, environments and problem structures. Going beyond searching 'intelligent' collectives, we integrate research from different disciplines outline modelling approaches that can be used to begin answering questions such as why collectives sometimes fail reach seemingly obvious solutions, how they change their strategies network structures response problems anticipate perhaps future harmful societal trajectories. discuss the importance considering path dependence, lack optimization myopia understand counterintuitive outcomes adaptation. call transdisciplinary, quantitative societally useful science help us our rapidly changing ever more societies, avoid disasters full potential ability organize adaptive collectives.

Language: Английский

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Super-additive cooperation

Nature, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 626(8001), P. 1034 - 1041

Published: Feb. 21, 2024

Abstract Repeated interactions provide an evolutionary explanation for one-shot human cooperation that is counterintuitive but orthodox 1–3 . Intergroup competition 4–7 provides intuitive heterodox. Here, using models and a behavioural experiment, we show neither mechanism reliably supports cooperation. Ambiguous reciprocity, class of strategies generally ignored in reciprocal altruism, undermines under repeated interactions. This finding challenges as general, which further the claim past can explain present. competitions also do not support because groups quickly become extremely similar, limits scope group selection. Moreover, even if vary, may generate little selection multiple reasons. Cooperative groups, example, tend to compete against each other 8 Whereas by themselves, combining them triggers powerful synergies constrain corrosive effect ambiguous reciprocity. Evolved often consist cooperative reciprocity with ingroup partners uncooperative outgroup partners. Results from experiment Papua New Guinea fit exactly this pattern. They thus suggest history without nor Instead, our results social motives evolved joint influence both mechanisms.

Language: Английский

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Revisiting the form and function of conflict: Neurobiological, psychological, and cultural mechanisms for attack and defense within and between groups

Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 42

Published: Sept. 25, 2018

Abstract Conflict can profoundly affect individuals and their groups. Oftentimes, conflict involves a clash between one side seeking change increased gains through victory the other defending status quo protecting against loss defeat. However, theory empirical research largely neglected these conflicts attackers defenders, strategic, social, psychological consequences of attack defense remain poorly understood. To fill this void, we model (1) clashing as games strategy reveal that (2) benefits from mismatching its target's level defense, whereas matching attacker's competitiveness. This suggests (3) recruits neuroendocrine pathways underlying behavioral activation overconfidence, invokes neural networks for inhibition, vigilant scanning, hostile attributions; (4) people invest less in than often fails. Finally, propose (5) intergroup conflict, out-group needs institutional arrangements motivate coordinate collective action, in-group endogenously emerging identification. We discuss how may have shaped human capacities prosociality aggression, third parties regulate such reduce waste.

Language: Английский

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Citizens as Complicits: Distrust in Politicians and Biased Social Dissemination of Political Information

American Political Science Review, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 115(1), P. 269 - 285

Published: Sept. 17, 2020

Widespread distrust in politicians is often attributed to the way elites portray politics citizens: media, competing candidates, and foreign governments are largely considered responsible for portraying as self-interested actors pursuing personal electoral economic interests. This article turns mass level considers active role of citizens disseminating such information. We build on psychological research human cooperation, holding that people exhibit an interpersonal transmission bias favor information self-interested, antisocial behavior others maintain group cooperation. posit this extends politics, causing disproportionally disseminate through communication and, turn, contributes policy disapproval. support these predictions using novel experimental studies, allowing us observe rates opinion effects actual chains. The findings have implications understanding accommodating political distrust.

Language: Английский

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Lévy noise promotes cooperation in the prisoner’s dilemma game with reinforcement learning

Nonlinear Dynamics, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 108(2), P. 1837 - 1845

Published: March 8, 2022

Language: Английский

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Frustration–aggression hypothesis reconsidered: The role of significance quest

Aggressive Behavior, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 49(5), P. 445 - 468

Published: June 7, 2023

One of the oldest scientific theories human aggression is frustration-aggression hypothesis, advanced in 1939. Although this theory has received considerable empirical support and alive well today, its underlying mechanisms have not been adequately explored. In article, we examine major findings concepts from extant psychological research on hostile offer an integrative conception: a primordial means for establishing one's sense significance mattering, thus addressing fundamental social-psychological need. Our functional portrayal as to yields four testable hypotheses: (1) frustration will elicit proportionately extent that frustrated goal serves individual's need significance, (2) impulse aggress response loss be enhanced conditions limit ability reflect engage extensive information processing (that may bring up alternative, socially condoned significance), (3) significance-reducing unless substituted by nonaggressive restoration, (4) apart loss, opportunity gain can increase aggress. These hypotheses are supported data novel real-world contexts. They important implications understanding under which it likely manifested reduced.

Language: Английский

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The evolution of universal cooperation

Science Advances, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 9(7)

Published: Feb. 17, 2023

Humans work together in groups to tackle shared problems and contribute local club goods that benefit other group members. Whereas benefits from remain bound, are often nested overarching collectives face like pandemics or climate change. Such challenges require individuals cooperate across boundaries, raising the question how cooperation can transcend beyond confined groups. Here, we show frequent intergroup interactions allow transition group-bound universal cooperation. With interactions, reciprocity of cooperative acts permeates boundaries enables evolution As soon as take place frequently, people start selectively reward aimed at benefitting everyone, irrespective their membership. Simulations further it becomes more difficult overcome when populations fragmented into many small Our findings reveal important prerequisites for

Language: Английский

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Group Cooperation, Carrying-Capacity Stress, and Intergroup Conflict

Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 24(9), P. 760 - 776

Published: June 30, 2020

Language: Английский

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Evolutionary games on simplicial complexes

Chaos Solitons & Fractals, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 150, P. 111103 - 111103

Published: June 30, 2021

Language: Английский

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