Cognitive Load and Cooperation
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Cognitive Load and Cooperation. / Døssing, Felix Sebastian; Piovesan, Marco; Wengström, Erik Roland.
I: Review of Behavioral Economics, Bind 4, Nr. 1, 2017, s. 69-81.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Cognitive Load and Cooperation
AU - Døssing, Felix Sebastian
AU - Piovesan, Marco
AU - Wengström, Erik Roland
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - We study the effect of intuitive and reflective processes on cooperation using cognitive load. Compared with time constraint, which has been used in the previous literature, cognitive load is a more direct way to block reflective processes, and thus a more suitable way to study the link between intuition and cooperation. Using a repeated public goods game, we study the effect of different levels of cognitive load on contributions. We show that a higher cognitive load increases the initial level of cooperation. In particular, subjects are significantly less likely to fully free ride under high cognitive load.
AB - We study the effect of intuitive and reflective processes on cooperation using cognitive load. Compared with time constraint, which has been used in the previous literature, cognitive load is a more direct way to block reflective processes, and thus a more suitable way to study the link between intuition and cooperation. Using a repeated public goods game, we study the effect of different levels of cognitive load on contributions. We show that a higher cognitive load increases the initial level of cooperation. In particular, subjects are significantly less likely to fully free ride under high cognitive load.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Public goods
KW - Cooperation
KW - Cognitive load
KW - Experiment
U2 - 10.1561/105.00000059
DO - 10.1561/105.00000059
M3 - Journal article
VL - 4
SP - 69
EP - 81
JO - Review of Behavioral Economics
JF - Review of Behavioral Economics
SN - 2326-6201
IS - 1
ER -
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