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Intuition and cooperation reconsidered

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  • Gustav Tinghög

    (Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
    The National Center for Priority Setting in Health Care, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden)

  • David Andersson

    (Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden)

  • Caroline Bonn

    (University of Innsbruck, Universitätsstrasse 15, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria)

  • Harald Böttiger

    (Klarna AB, Norra Stationsgatan 61, SE-113 43 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Camilla Josephson

    (Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden)

  • Gustaf Lundgren

    (Stockholm School of Economics, Box 6501, SE-113 83 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Daniel Västfjäll

    (Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
    Decision Research, 1201 Oak Street, Suite 200, Eugene, Oregon 97401, USA)

  • Michael Kirchler

    (University of Innsbruck, Universitätsstrasse 15, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
    Centre for Finance, University of Gothenburg, Box 600, SE-40530 Göteborg, Sweden)

  • Magnus Johannesson

    (Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
    Stockholm School of Economics, Box 6501, SE-113 83 Stockholm, Sweden)

Abstract

Arising from D. G. Rand, J. D. Greene & M. A. Nowak Nature 489, 427–430 (2012) Rand et al.1 reported increased cooperation in social dilemmas after forcing individuals to decide quickly1. Time pressure was used to induce intuitive decisions, and they concluded that intuition promotes cooperation. We test the robustness of this finding in a series of five experiments involving about 2,500 subjects in three countries. None of the experiments confirms the Rand et al.1 finding, indicating that their result was an artefact of excluding the about 50% of subjects who failed to respond on time.

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  • Gustav Tinghög & David Andersson & Caroline Bonn & Harald Böttiger & Camilla Josephson & Gustaf Lundgren & Daniel Västfjäll & Michael Kirchler & Magnus Johannesson, 2013. "Intuition and cooperation reconsidered," Nature, Nature, vol. 498(7452), pages 1-2, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:498:y:2013:i:7452:d:10.1038_nature12194
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12194
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