Publications
Boos, M., Pritz, J., Lange, S. & Belz M. (2014). Leadership in moving human groups. PLOS Computational Biology [Abstract].[pdf]
Russell, Y.I., Gobet, F. & Whitehouse, W. (in press). Mood, expertise, and analogy: An experiment using the five-disk Tower of Hanoi. Religion, Brain and Behaviour.
Russell, Y.I. & Gobet, F. (2013). What is counterintuitive? Religious cognition and natural expectation. Review of Psychology and Philosophy, 4, 715-749. [Abstract] [pdf]
Russell, Y.I. & Phelps, S. (2013). How do you measure pleasure? A discussion about intrinsic costs and benefits of primate allogrooming. Biology & Philosophy, 28, 1005-1020. [Abstract] [pdf]
Zhang, B., Li, C., De Silva, H., Bednarik, P. & Sigmund, K. (2013). The evolution of sanctioning institutions: An experimental approach to the social contract, Journal of Experimental Economics. [Abstract] [pdf]
Fehl, K., Sommerfeld, R.D., Semmann, D., Krambeck, H.-J. & Milinski, M. (2012). I dare you to punish me - Vendettas in games of cooperation. PLOS ONE, 7, e45093. [Abstract] [pdf]
Grujic, J., Rohl, T., Semmann, D., Milinski, M. & Traulsen, A. (2012). Consistent strategy updating in spatial and non-spatial behavioral experiments does not promote cooperation in social networks. PLOS ONE, 7, e47718. [Abstract] [pdf]
Semmann, D. (2012). Conditional cooperation can hinder network reciprocity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 109, 12846-12847. [Extract] [pdf]
Fehl, K., van der Post, D.J. & Semmann, D. (2011). Co-evolution of behaviour and social network structure promotes human cooperation. Ecology Letters, 14, 546-551. [Abstract] [pdf]
Franz, M., van der Post, D.J., Schülke, O. & Ostner, J. (2011). The evolution of cooperative turn-taking in animal conflict. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11, 323. [Abstract] [pdf]
van der Post, D.J. & Semmann, D. (2011). Local orientation and the evolution of foraging: Changes in decision making can eliminate evolutionary trade-offs. PLoS Computational Biology, 7, e1002186. [Abstract] [pdf]
van der Post, D.J. & Semmann, D. (2011). Patch depletion, niche structuring and the evolution of cooperative foraging. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11, 355. [Abstract] [pdf]
Melis, A.P. & Semmann, D. (2010). How is human cooperation different? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 365, 2663-2674. [Abstract] [pdf]
Traulsen, A., Semmann, D., Sommerfeld, R.D., Krambeck, H.-J. & Milinski, M. (2010). Human strategy updating in evolutionary games. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 107, 2962-2966. [Abstract] [pdf]
van der Post, D.J. & Hogeweg, P. (2009). Cultural inheritance and diversification of diet in variable environments. Animal Behavior, 78, 155-166. [Abstract] [pdf]
van der Post, D.J., Ursem, B. & Hogeweg, P. (2009). Resource distributions affect social learning on multiple timescales. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 63, 1653-1658. [Abstract] [pdf]
Sommerfeld, R.D., Krambeck, H.-J., Semmann, D. & Milinski, M. (2007). Gossip as an alternative for direct observation in games of indirect reciprocity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 104, 17435–17440. [Abstract] [pdf]
Milinski, M., Semmann, D., Krambeck, H.-J. & Marotzke, J. (2006). Stabilizing the Earth's climate is not a losing game: Supporting evidence from public goods experiments. Proceedings of the National Academy Of Sciences USA, 103, 3994-3998. [Abstract] [pdf]
Semmann, D., Krambeck, H.-J. & Milinski, M. (2005). Reputation is valuable within and outside one's own social group. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 57, 611-616. [Abstract] [pdf]
Semmann, D., Krambeck, H.-J. & Milinski, M. (2004). Strategic investment in reputation. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 56, 248-252. [Abstract] [pdf]
Semmann, D., Krambeck, H.-J., Milinski, M. (2003). Volunteering leads to rock-paper-scissors dynamics in a public goods game. Nature, 425, 390-393. [Abstract] [pdf]
Milinski, M., Semmann, D. & Krambeck, H.-J. (2002). Donors to charity gain in both indirect reciprocity and political reputation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 269, 881-883. [Abstract] [pdf]
Milinski, M., Semmann, D. & Krambeck, H.-J. (2002). Reputation helps solve the 'tragedy of the commons'. Nature, 415, 424-426. [Abstract] [pdf]
Milinski, M., Semmann, D., Bakker, T.C.M. & Krambeck, H.-J. (2001). Cooperation through indirect reciprocity: image scoring or standing strategy? Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 268, 2495-2501. [Abstract] [pdf]