A cooperative instinct

Gaechter, Simon

Abstract

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.

Citation

Gaechter, S. (2012). A cooperative instinct. Nature, 489(7416), https://doi.org/10.1038/489374a

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 7, 2012
• Online Publication Date: Sep 19, 2012
• Publication Date: Sep 20, 2012
• Deposit Date: Mar 27, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 27, 2017
• Journal: Nature
• Print ISSN: 0028-0836
• Electronic ISSN: 1476-4687
• Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 489
• Issue: 7416
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/489374a
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/711309
• Publisher URL: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v489/n7416/full/489374a.html