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SCIENCE
Volume 288, Issue 5467, Pages 850-852Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5467.850
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The tragedy of the commons, that is, the selfish exploitation of resources in the public domain, is a reason for many of our everyday social conflicts. However, humans are often more helpful to others than evolutionary theory would predict, unless indirect reciprocity takes place and is based on image scoring (which reflects the way an individual is viewed by a group), as recently shown by game theorists. We tested this idea under conditions that control for confounding factors. Donations were more frequent to receivers who had been generous to others in earlier interactions. This shows that image scoring promotes cooperative behavior in situations where direct reciprocity is unlikely.
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