Reputation and reciprocity are key mechanisms for cooperation in human societies, often
going hand in hand to favor prosocial behavior over selfish actions. Here we review recent …

Highlights•People cooperate more when they can choose partners than when partners are
fixed.•Partner choice creates a 'biological market'for the best partners.•Partners are chosen …

Game theory has been extensively applied to help explain how cooperative behaviour is
promoted in human and animal societies. How do humans and animals establish reciprocity …

Humans exhibit a remarkable capacity for cooperation among genetically unrelated
individuals. Yet, human cooperation is neither universal, nor stable. Instead, cooperation is …

We present a new spatial public goods game model, which takes the individual reputation
and behavior diversity into account at the same time, to investigate the evolution of …

Financial and prosocial biases in favor of attractive adults have been documented in the
labor market, in social transactions in everyday life, and in studies involving experimental …

Clinical evidence suggests that mindfulness meditation reduces anxiety, depression, and
stress, and improves emotion regulation due to modulation of activity in neural substrates …

The field of indirect reciprocity investigates how social norms can foster cooperation when
individuals continuously monitor and assess each other's social interactions. By adhering to …

The emergence and sustenance of cooperative behavior is fundamental for a society to
thrive. Recent experimental studies have shown that cooperation increases in dynamic …

Cooperation that emerges in the situation of multi-person social dilemma has attracted
intensive interest and been analyzed under the widely used public goods game (PGG) …