A cooperative instinct

Acting on a gut feeling may sometimes lead to poor decisions, but it will usually support the common good, according to a study showing that human intuition favours cooperative, rather than selfish, behaviour.

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Main Author: Gaechter, Simon
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Published: Nature Publishing Group 2012
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41552/
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spelling nottingham-415522020-05-04T16:34:00Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41552/ A cooperative instinct Gaechter, Simon Acting on a gut feeling may sometimes lead to poor decisions, but it will usually support the common good, according to a study showing that human intuition favours cooperative, rather than selfish, behaviour. Nature Publishing Group 2012-09-20 Article NonPeerReviewed Gaechter, Simon (2012) A cooperative instinct. Nature, 489 (7416). pp. 374-375. ISSN 1476-4687 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v489/n7416/full/489374a.html doi:10.1038/489374a doi:10.1038/489374a
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