Collaboration and cooperation are key elements of human social interactions, which can contribute to the efficient achievement of shared goals. While many psychology and neuroscience studies have ...

New research challenges conventional wisdom that larger group size reduces cooperation by showing that fluid connections and innate prosocial instincts enable humans to thrive in larger social circles ...

A new study in Behavioral Biology reveals how chimpanzees solve resource dilemmas. Larger, more tolerant groups share resources better.

A new setup for social games suggests that when people are given the freedom to tailor their actions to different people in their networks, they become significantly more cooperative, trusting and ...

The theory of indirect reciprocity holds that people who earn a good reputation by helping others are more likely to be rewarded by third parties, but widespread cooperation depends on agreement about ...

" Game theory is child’s play." –Hoca Camide Many social interactions involving conflicts of interest can be modeled as simple two-person games where each person, or player, chooses between a ...

Hielscher, Anke, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Karina Held, and Karim Sadrieh. "When Words Open Wallets The Impact of Hate Speech on Social Cooperation." Working Paper, November 2025.

Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to inclusive social development and international cooperation. Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, stated this at the Arab ...