In this paper we introduce the concept of cooperative message handling, in which several objects act together in answering a message they have received jointly. Cooperative message handling extends the traditional message passing paradigm which requires the receiver of a message to be a single object only. Cooperative messages are deened with cooperation contracts which are established between ...

Past research has revealed that people have a strong tendency to respond to others' cooperative behavior with cooperation and to others' noncooperative behavior with noncooperation. Yet it is unclear whether or not this tendency still holds when people have only incomplete information about their interaction partner's past behavior. To address this question, we designed a new paradigm - a coin ...

A cooperative behavior of Zn(2+) and Li(+) to conduct charges in a Zn-LiFePO4 battery is disclosed. When Li(+) dissolves into the electrolyte, Zn(2+) would deposit, and vice versa. In light of this cooperative behavior, the battery can be viewed as a super hybrid system, which combines the strong points of Zn-air battery, lithium-ion battery and redox-flow cell.

The number of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) coexisting with conventional human-driven vehicles is expected to increase significantly in the coming years. This coexistence will last decades before full AV adoption achieved worldwide. However, cautious nature AVs and aggressive behavior some human drivers could create unprecedentedly challenging scenarios for AVs, such as being stuck on merge lanes b...

Citation: Majolo B and Romero T (2018) Commentary: No unique effect of intergroup competition on cooperation: non-competitive thresholds are as effective as competition between groups for increasing human cooperative behavior. Front. Psychol. 8:2322. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02322 Commentary: No unique effect of intergroup competition on cooperation: non-competitive thresholds are as effective a...