Culture does account for variation in game behavior
Creators
- Henrich, Joseph1
- Boyd, Robert2
- McElreath, Richard3
- Gurven, Michael4
- Richerson, Peter J.3
- Ensminger, Jean5
- Alvard, Michael6
- Barr, Abigail7
- Barrett, Clark2
- Bolyanatz, Alexander8
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Camerer, Colin F.5
- Cardenas, Juan-Camilo9
- Fehr, Ernst10
- Gintis, Herbert M.11
- Gil-White, Francisco12
- Gwako, Edwins Laban13
- Henrich, Natalie14, 15
- Hill, Kim16
- Lesorogol, Carolyn17
- Patton, John Q.18
- Marlowe, Frank W.19
- Tracer, David P.20
- Ziker, John21
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University of British Columbia
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University of California, Los Angeles
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University of California, Davis
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University of California, Santa Barbara
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California Institute of Technology
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Texas A&M University
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University of Nottingham
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College of DuPage
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Universidad de Los Andes
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University of Zurich
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Santa Fe Institute
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Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
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Guilford College
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Providence Health Care
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Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences
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Arizona State University
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Washington University in St. Louis
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California State University, Fullerton
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University of Cambridge
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University of Colorado Denver
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Boise State University
Abstract
Lamba and Mace's critique (1) of our research (2–4) is based on incorrect claims about our experiments and several misunderstandings of the theory underpinning our efforts. Their findings are consistent with our previous work and lead to no unique conclusions. Lambda and Mace (1) incorrectly claimed that we "mostly" sampled from single communities within sites, and that we ignored "ecological" and "demographic" variables. In fact, much of our work focused on studying the variation among communities within sites. In phase I (2), 8 of 15 sites involved multiple communities, and in phase II (3, 4), 11 of our 16 sites sampled from multiple communities. Several sites included 5 communities...
Additional Information
© 2012 National Academy of Sciences. Published online before print January 4, 2012. Author contributions: J.H., R.B., R.M., M.G., J.E., M.A., A. Barr, C.B., A. Bolyanatz, C.F.C., J.-C.C., E.F., H.M.G., F.G.-W., E.L.G., N.H., K.H., C.L., J.Q.P., F.W.M., and D.P.T. designed research; J.H., R.M., M.G., J.E., M.A., A. Barr, C.B., A. Bolyanatz, J.-C.C., F.G.-W., E.L.G., N.H., K.H., C.L., J.Q.P., F.W.M., D.P.T., and J.Z. performed research; J.H., R.M., C.F.C., J.E., A. Barr, and R.B. analyzed data; and J.H., R.B., R.M., M.G., P.J.R., J.E., and N.H. wrote the paper.Attached Files
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- 29126
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20120203-115757137
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