Bašić, Zvonimir; Bindra, Parampreet Christopher; … - 2024 - This version: 20 December 2023
We study the developmental roots of cooperation in 929 young children, aged 3 to 6. In a unified experimental framework …, we examine pre-registered hypotheses about which of three fundamental pillars of human cooperation - direct reciprocity …, indirect reciprocity, and third-party punishment - emerges earliest and is more effective as a means to increase cooperation in …