The benefits of being seen to help others: indirect reciprocity and reputation-based partner choice

When one individual helps another, it benefits the recipient and may also gain a reputation for being cooperative. This may induce others to favour the helper in subsequent interactions, so investing in being seen to help others may be adaptive. The best-known mechanism for this is indirect reciproc...

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Published in:Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences 2021-11, Vol.376 (1838), p.1-10
Main Authors: Roberts, Gilbert, Raihani, Nichola, Bshary, Redouan, Manrique, Héctor M., Farina, Andrea, Samu, Flóra, Barclay, Pat
Format: Article
Language:English
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Cooperative Behavior
Humans
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Review
Social Behavior
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