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Jillian J. Jordan

Researcher at Northwestern University

Publications -  32
Citations -  3675

Jillian J. Jordan is an academic researcher from Northwestern University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Third-party punishment & Selfishness. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 28 publications receiving 2775 citations. Previous affiliations of Jillian J. Jordan include Yale University & Harvard University.

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Statistical physics of human cooperation

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review experimental and theoretical research that advances our understanding of human cooperation, focusing on spatial pattern formation, on the spatiotemporal dynamics of observed solutions, and on self-organization that may either promote or hinder socially favorable states.
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Statistical physics of human cooperation

TL;DR: Experimental and theoretical research is reviewed that advances the understanding of human cooperation, focusing on spatial pattern formation, on the spatiotemporal dynamics of observed solutions, and on self-organization that may either promote or hinder socially favorable states.
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Third-party punishment as a costly signal of trustworthiness

TL;DR: It is shown that TPP is indeed a signal of trustworthiness: third-party punishers are trusted more, and actually behave in a more trustworthy way, than non-punishers, and introducing a more informative signal—the opportunity to help directly—attenuates these signalling effects.
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Why We Cooperate

TL;DR: The Social Heuristics Hypothesis as discussed by the authors argues that when individuals learn that cooperative strategies are generally advantageous, they become internalized as intuitive defaults. And these defaults can spill over to produce "irrational" cooperative behavior even when externally imposed incentives are absent.
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Costly third-party punishment in young children

TL;DR: Investigating costly third-party punishment in 5- and 6-year-old children shows that from early in development children show a sophisticated capacity to promote fair behavior, and shows that 6- year-olds were willing to sacrifice resources to intervene against unfairness.