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When and Why People Evaluate Negative Reciprocity as More Fair Than Positive Reciprocity

Abstract If you are kind to me, I am likely to reciprocate and doing so feels fair. Many theories of social exchange assume that such reciprocity and fairness are well aligned with one another. We argue that this correspondence between reciprocity and fairness is restricted to interpersonal dyads and does not govern more complex multilateral […]

Published on August 10, 2019

Staying Together: A Bidirectional Delay–Coupled Approach to Joint Action

Abstract To understand how individuals adapt to and anticipate each other in joint tasks, we employ a bidirectional delay–coupled dynamical system that allows for mutual adaptation and anticipation. In delay–coupled systems, anticipation is achieved when one system compares its own time‐delayed behavior, which implicitly includes past information about the other system’s behavior, with the other […]

Published on August 10, 2019

Does Conceptual Compositionality Affect Language Complexity? Comment on Lou‐Magnuson and Onnis

Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement Science for the Success of Society. With a keen interest in exploring the untapped potential of the human mind, Dr. Lowemann has dedicated […]

Published on August 10, 2019