"Reply to Myrseth and Wollbrant: Our model is consistent with altruism, and helps to explain its evolution."

Bear, Adam, and David G. Rand. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2016. Download Letter.

"How Good Is the Samaritan, and Why? An Experimental Investigation of the Extent and Nature of Religious Prosociality Using Economic Games."

Everett, Jim A.C., Omar Sultan Haque, and David G. Rand. Social Psychological and Personality Science Vol. 7, No. 3 (2016): 248-255. Download Paper.

"Social Heuristics and Social Roles: Altruism is Intuitive for Women but Not for Men."

Rand, David G., Victoria L. Brescoll, Jim A.C. Everett, Valerio Capraro, and Hélène Barcelo. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Vol. 145, No. 4 (2016): 389-396. Data and Code. Download Paper.

"Self-Control, Social Preferences and the Effect of Delayed Payments."

Dreber, Anna, Drew Fudenberg, David K. Levine, and David G. Rand, MIT Sloan Working Paper 5434-16. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, March 2016.

"Cultural Evolution Need not Imply Group Selection."

Amir, Dorsa, Matthew R. Jordan, and David G. Rand. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, March 2016.

"Habits of Virtue: Creating Cultures of Cooperation and Defection in the Laboratory."

Peysakhovich, Alexander, and David G. Rand. Management Science Vol. 62, No. 3 (2016): 631-647. Download Paper.

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