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Preface to special issue on cooperation in selfish systems [PDF]
, 2008 The problem of understanding the conditions under which cooperation or altruism can be sustained between interacting selfish entities is a fundamental issue in both biology and the social ...
Bruce Edmonds +3 more
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Goal-directed, habitual and Pavlovian prosocial behavior
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2015 Although prosocial behaviors have been widely studied across disciplines, the mechanisms underlying them are not fully understood. Evidence from psychology, biology and economics suggests that prosocial behaviors can be driven by a variety of seemingly ...
Filip eGęsiarz, Molly J. Crockett
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Upstream reciprocity in heterogeneous networks [PDF]
Journal of Theoretical Biology, 265, 297-305 (2010), 2009 Many mechanisms for the emergence and maintenance of altruistic behavior in social dilemma situations have been proposed. Indirect reciprocity is one such mechanism, where other-regarding actions of a player are eventually rewarded by other players with whom the original player has not interacted.
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Empathy beyond the conceptual level core nonspecific factors of psychotherapy [PDF]
, 2012 The human mind contains much more than concepts. By only taking into account the conceptual level, a cared-for person may feel utterly lonely and abandoned, not deeply in contact with the caregiver, not deeply understood for who he or she really is.
Devroey, Dirk +2 more
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Group selection as behavioral adaptation to systematic risk.
PLoS ONE, 2014 Despite many compelling applications in economics, sociobiology, and evolutionary psychology, group selection is still one of the most hotly contested ideas in evolutionary biology.
Ruixun Zhang +2 more
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Evolutionarily stable in-group favoritism and out-group spite in intergroup conflict [PDF]
, 2011 We study conflict between two groups of individuals. Using Schaffer`s (1988) concept of evolutionary stability we provide an evolutionary underpinning for in-group altruism combined with spiteful behavior towards members of the rival out-group.
Konrad, Kai A., Morath, Florian
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Complexity, Compassion and Self-Organisation: Human Evolution and the Vulnerable Ape Hypothesis
Internet Archaeology, 2015 Humans are agents capable of helping others, learning new behaviours and forgetting old ones. The evolutionary approach to archaeological systems has therefore been hampered by the 'modern synthesis' - a gene-centred model of evolution as a process that ...
Nick P. Winder, Isabelle C. Winder
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From self to nonself: The Nonself Theory
Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 The maintenance/strength of self is a very core concept in Western psychology and is particularly relevant to egoism, a process that draws on the hedonic principle in pursuit of desires.
Yung-Jong eShiah
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Segregate or cooperate- a study of the interaction between two species of
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2008 Background A major challenge for evolutionary biology is explaining altruism, particularly when it involves death of one party and occurs across species.
Jones Emily I +6 more
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Procreative Beneficence in the CRISPR World
Voices in Bioethics, 2017 In his influential 2001 article, “Procreative Beneficence: Why We Should Select the Best Children,” Julian Savulescu defends the idea that “couples (or single reproducers) should select the child, of the possible children they could have, who is expected
Steven Daws
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