Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

Tolerance to ambiguous uncertainty predicts prosocial behavior

  • Marc-Lluís Vives,
  • Oriel FeldmanHall

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04631-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Ambiguous uncertainty refers to situations where the likelihood of specific outcomes are not known. Here, the authors show that people tolerant to ambiguous uncertainty are more likely to make costly decisions to cooperate with or trust others.