How do we really respond in iterated games – inferring strategies from behavioral experiments in the Prisoners Dilemma game Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Cooperators should be evolutionary extinct because cheaters always benefit more than cooperators. However cooperation is all around us and without it human society, could not exist. One of the mechanisms which could explain how cooperation emerged and persisted is direct reciprocity, under which the individuals cooperate with each other to ensure future cooperation. A number of strategies emerge in theory which would be the most beneficial ...