Add to ORKGIt has become an accepted paradigm that humans have "prosocial preferences" that lead to higher levels of cooperation than those that would maximize their personal financial gain. However, the existence of prosocial preferences has been inferred post hoc from the results of economic games, rather than with direct experimental tests. Here, we test how behavior in a public-goods game is influenced by knowledge of the consequences of actions for other players. We found that (i) individuals cooperate at similar levels, even when they are not informed that their behavior benefits others; (ii) an increased awareness of how cooperation benefits others leads to a reduction, rather than an increase, in the level of cooperation; and (iii) cooperation...
Economic experiments are often used to study if humans altruistically value the welfare of others. A...
Economic experiments are often used to study if humans altruistically value the welfare of others. A...
Economic experiments are often used to study if humans altruistically value the welfare of others. A...
It has become an accepted paradigm that humans have "prosocial preferences" that lead to higher leve...
The results of numerous economic games suggest that humans behave more cooperatively than would be e...
The results of numerous economic games suggest that humans behave more cooperatively than would be e...
Economic games such as the public goods game are increasingly being used to measure social behaviour...
Economic games such as the public goods game are increasingly being used to measure social behaviour...
Economic games such as the public goods game are increasingly being used to measure social behaviour...
Economic games such as the public goods game are increasingly being used to measure social behaviour...
Economic games such as the public goods game are increasingly being used to measure social behaviour...
Economic games such as the public goods game are increasingly being used to measure social behaviour...
Economic games such as the public goods game are increasingly being used to measure social behaviour...
Economic games such as the public goods game are increasingly being used to measure social behaviour...
Economic experiments are often used to study if humans altruistically value the welfare of others. A...
Economic experiments are often used to study if humans altruistically value the welfare of others. A...
Economic experiments are often used to study if humans altruistically value the welfare of others. A...
Economic experiments are often used to study if humans altruistically value the welfare of others. A...
It has become an accepted paradigm that humans have "prosocial preferences" that lead to higher leve...
The results of numerous economic games suggest that humans behave more cooperatively than would be e...
The results of numerous economic games suggest that humans behave more cooperatively than would be e...
Economic games such as the public goods game are increasingly being used to measure social behaviour...
Economic games such as the public goods game are increasingly being used to measure social behaviour...
Economic games such as the public goods game are increasingly being used to measure social behaviour...
Economic games such as the public goods game are increasingly being used to measure social behaviour...
Economic games such as the public goods game are increasingly being used to measure social behaviour...
Economic games such as the public goods game are increasingly being used to measure social behaviour...
Economic games such as the public goods game are increasingly being used to measure social behaviour...
Economic games such as the public goods game are increasingly being used to measure social behaviour...
Economic experiments are often used to study if humans altruistically value the welfare of others. A...
Economic experiments are often used to study if humans altruistically value the welfare of others. A...
Economic experiments are often used to study if humans altruistically value the welfare of others. A...
Economic experiments are often used to study if humans altruistically value the welfare of others. A...