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Cognitive constraints on reciprocity and tolerated scrounging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2005

Jeffrey R. Stevens and
Fiery A. Cushman
Jeffrey R. Stevens*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 http://wjh.harvard.edu/~jstevens
Fiery A. Cushman*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 http://wjh.harvard.edu/~jstevens
*
jstevens@wjh.harvard.edu
cushman@wjh.harvard.edu
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Abstract:

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Each of the food-sharing models that Gurven considers demands unique cognitive capacities. Reciprocal altruism, in particular, requires a suite of complex abilities not required by alternatives such as tolerated scrounging. Integrating cognitive constraints with comparative data from other species can illuminate the adaptive benefits of food sharing in humans.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , August 2004, pp. 569 - 570
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004