Reciprocal Generosity is Abandoned Inside Unequal Social Relationships - Neuroscience News

https://neurosciencenews.com/social-hierarchy-reciprocity-30873/

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showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website · 4 pts · 33d

When analyzing asymmetrical hierarchies, the human brain drops the labor of keeping score and defaults to path dependency.

Some days it really amazes me that this spongy bag of neurons gets anything done.