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It is shown that automatic, intuitive responses favor cooperative strategies that reciprocate: it is argued that this behavior reflects the overgeneralization of cooperative strategies learned in the context of direct and indirect reciprocity.
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This article is published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences.The article was published on 2013-08-01. It has received 920 citations till now.

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A Cultural Psychology of Agency: Morality, Motivation, and Reciprocity.

TL;DR: Although cultural research provides greater awareness of diversity in psychological functioning, its fundamental value is to contribute new insights into the theoretical formulations and methodological stances adopted in the discipline more generally.
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Group size effect on cooperation in one-shot social dilemmas.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of group size on cooperation in the Prisoner's Dilemma has been investigated, and it was shown that large groups are more cooperative in the Public Goods game, but less cooperative in N-person Prisoner Dilemmas.
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Small groups and long memories promote cooperation.

TL;DR: It is found that even when memory has a cost, longer-memory strategies often evolve, which in turn drives the evolution of cooperation, even when the benefits for cooperation are low.
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The cognitive basis of social behavior: cognitive reflection overrides antisocial but not always prosocial motives

TL;DR: It is shown in two studies that individuals with a more reflective/deliberative cognitive style, as measured by scores on the Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT), are more likely to make choices consistent with “mild” altruism in simple non-strategic decisions.
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Extortion provides alternative routes to the evolution of cooperation in structured populations.

TL;DR: It is found that extortion strategies can act as catalysts to promote the emergence of cooperation in structured populations via different mechanisms, and the enhancement of cooperation displays a resonance-like behavior, suggesting the existence of optimal extortion strength mostly favoring the evolution of cooperation.
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Five Rules for the Evolution of Cooperation

TL;DR: Five mechanisms for the evolution of cooperation are discussed: kin selection, direct reciprocity, indirect reciprocities, network reciprocation, group selection, and group selection.
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