Large-scale non-kin cooperation is a unique ingredient of human success. This type of
cooperation is challenging to explain in a world of self-interested individuals. There is …

Gossip is believed to be an informal device that alleviates the problem of cooperation in
humans. Communication about previous acts and passing on reputational information could …

Research in various disciplines has highlighted that humans are uniquely able to solve the
problem of cooperation through the informal mechanisms of reputation and gossip …

Why do people cooperate? We address this classic question by analyzing and discussing
the role of reputation: people cooperate to maintain a positive reputation in their social …

Gossip—a sender communicating to a receiver about an absent third party—is hypothesized
to impact reputation formation, partner selection, and cooperation. Laboratory experiments …

Gossip is often invoked as playing a fundamental role for creating, sustaining, or destroying
cooperation. The reason seems straightforward: gossip can make or break someone's …

Humans care about having a positive reputation, which may prompt them to help in
scenarios where the return benefits are not obvious. Various game-theoretical models …

Reputation has been shown to provide an informal solution to the problem of cooperation in
human societies. After reviewing models that connect reputations and cooperation, we …

Reputation is a fundamental feature of human sociality as it sustains cooperative
relationships among unrelated individuals. Research from various disciplines provides …

Empirical and theoretical evidence from various disciplines indicates that reputation,
reputation building and trust are important for human cooperation, social behaviour and …