An international research team led by the University of Konstanz and Oxford Brookes University concludes that gentle touch is ...

Reciprocal cooperation can be advantageous, but why it is more common in humans than in other social animals is a puzzle. A modelling and experimental study pinpoints the conditions needed for ...

Research identifies shared neural mechanisms behind cooperation in both biological brains and artificial intelligence systems. At a time when conflict and division dominate the headlines, a new study ...

Part I: Biological perspectives. The evolution of cooperation and altruism -- Competition and conflict in animals -- Animal communication -- Part II: Human social behaviour. Theory of voting -- ...