The Prisoner’s Dilemma is a situation where two people must make a decision that either benefits both parties or only benefits themselves. Each person decides alone, without knowing what the other ...

New research challenges conventional wisdom that larger group size reduces cooperation by showing that fluid connections and innate prosocial instincts enable humans to thrive in larger social circles ...

Why do people cooperate with each other and follow society's rules — and what happens when those who enforce the rules stand to profit from doing so? A new study from the University of California San ...

Forcing an AI system to “play nice” does not automatically make people cooperate. In one set of simulations, it barely moved the needle. In another, it backfired. That’s the core tension in a new ...

The Cooperating Ministry of Logan County has seen an increase in the number of people in need but fortunately they’ve been able to fill that need thanks to partnerships with other organizations and ...

Our ability to cooperate with others may be influenced by how our attention is captured and directed, as much as by how altruistic we are feeling, according to a new study. Our ability to cooperate ...

Adolescents value reciprocity less than adults, limiting cooperation despite intact learning about others’ behavior.

UC San Diego researchers show that paying enforcers to punish makes people less likely to cooperate with others, which has major implications for law-enforcement quotas, asset forfeiture, and ...