Coordinated Punishment Leads to Increased Cooperation in Large Groups

Friday, April 30, 2010 - 15:01 in Psychology & Sociology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans are incredibly cooperative, but why do people cooperate and how is cooperation maintained? A new research study by UCLA anthropology professor Robert Boyd and his colleagues from the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico suggests cooperation in large groups is maintained by punishment.

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