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Results from evolutionary simulations display the co-evolution of cooperation and social rewarding in a population. At low information transmissibility, most population members learn not to reward others. Consequently, cooperation rates are low. As information transmissibility increases, cooperation and social rewarding become highly abundant. In these simulations, individuals adopt their strategies through a process of imitation and exploration. They are more likely to imitate a strategy from the population if it fares better than their current strategy (in a process of imitation or selection). With some probability they can also explore a random strategy (in a process of exploration or mutation).
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Results from evolutionary simulations display the co-evolution of cooperation and social rewarding in a population. At low information transmissibility, most population members learn not to reward others. Consequently, cooperation rates are low. As information transmissibility increases, cooperation and social rewarding become highly abundant. In these simulations, individuals adopt their strategies through a process of imitation and exploration. They are more likely to imitate a strategy from the population if it fares better than their current strategy (in a process of imitation or selection). With some probability they can also explore a random strategy (in a process of exploration or mutation).
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