Gossip Versus Punishment: The Efficiency of Reputation to Promote and Maintain Cooperation.

Sci Rep · 2016 · PMC4819221 · PMID 27039896

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We found a marginally significant main effect of gossip, F (1, 15.454) = 4.460, p = 0.051, with more contribution in each round when participants could gossip ( M = 7.444, SE = 0.357), compared to unable to gossip ( M = 6.378, SE = 0.357).

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