Blog posts

• Enriching evolutionary games with trust and trustworthiness Theory, Evolution, and Games Group: theoretical cognitive science, evolution, and game theory. October 20, 2013 - A case can be made for  making richer models in evolutionary game theory. An example is the coevolution of trust and trustworthiness.
• Ethnocentrism, Religion, and Austerity: a Science Poster for the Humanities Theory, Evolution, and Games Group: theoretical cognitive science, evolution, and game theory. May 18, 2013 - Cooperation tends to be ethnocentric, and austere environments can enhance cooperation. Religion can be an effective group tag for humans.
  

• Extra, Special Need for Social Connections Theory, Evolution, and Games Group: theoretical cognitive science, evolution, and game theory. January 31, 2013 - Payoffs designed by researchers are not the only source of variation in human strategies in two-player symmetric games. Discrepancies from behavior predicted by variation in payoffs might be explained by social factors such as avoidance of inequality, desire for social harmony, or likability of the opponent.
  
• Fewer Friends, More Cooperation Theory, Evolution, and Games Group: theoretical cognitive science, evolution, and game theory. October 10, 2011 - Evolution favors cooperation if the benefit of receiving cooperation, divided by the cost of giving it, exceeds the average number of neighbors in the population.