Players of Matching Pennies automatically imitate opponents' gestures against strong incentives

M Belot, VP Crawford, C Heyes - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
There is a large body of evidence of apparently spontaneous mimicry in humans. This
phenomenon has been described as “automatic imitation” and attributed to a mirror neuron …

Unintended imitation affects success in a competitive game

M Naber, M Vaziri Pashkam… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Imitation typically occurs in social contexts where people interact and have common goals.
Here, we show that people are also highly susceptible to imitate each other in a competitive …

Formalizing opponent modeling with the rock, paper, scissors game

E Brockbank, E Vul - Games, 2021 - mdpi.com
In simple dyadic games such as rock, paper, scissors (RPS), people exhibit peculiar
sequential dependencies across repeated interactions with a stable opponent. These …

[PDF][PDF] Recursive adversarial reasoning in the rock, paper, scissors game

E Brockbank, E Vul - 2020 - cognitivesciencesociety.org
In this study, we investigate people's ability to predict and adapt to the behavior of others in
order to make plans of their own, a cornerstone of cooperative and competitive behavior …

Humans fail to outwit adaptive rock, paper, scissors opponents

E Brockbank, E Vul - Proceedings of the annual meeting of the …, 2021 - escholarship.org
How do humans adapt when others exploit patterns in their behavior? When can people
modify such patterns and when are they simply trapped? The present work explores these …

An empirical analysis of the methodology of automatic imitation research in a strategic context.

B Aczel, Z Kekecs, B Bago, A Szollosi… - Journal of Experimental …, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Since the discovery of the mirror neuron system, it has been proposed that the automatic
tendency to copy observed actions exists in humans and that this mechanism might be …

Similarity of actions depends on the functionality of previously observed actions.

M Naber, W Eijgermans, AS Herman… - Journal of …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
People have a tendency to imitate the behavior of others, sometimes even automatically.
And yet, evidence suggests that many of our actions are controlled, mediated by current …

[PDF][PDF] Formalizing Opponent Modeling with the Rock, Paper, Scissors Game. Games 2021, 12, 70

E Brockbank, E Vul - 2021 - erikbrockbank.com
In simple dyadic games such as rock, paper, scissors (RPS), people exhibit peculiar
sequential dependencies across repeated interactions with a stable opponent. These …

[PDF][PDF] Een computationele analyse van gezichtsexpressies en imitatiegedrag in een strategische context

H van Wissen - arno.uvt.nl
In dit onderzoek hebben we gekeken naar het imitatiegedrag van mensen in een
strategische context en hebben we gekeken naar de mogelijkheid om met behulp van …

[PDF][PDF] Author notes

B Aczel, Z Kekecs, B Bago, A Szollosi, A Foldes - Citeseer
Since the discovery of the Mirror Neuron System it has been proposed that the automatic
tendency to copy observed actions exists in humans and that this mechanism might be …