Four frames and a funeral: Commentary on Bermúdez (2022)

Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol. 45, pp. e225

Abstract

There is much to like in Bermúdez's analysis, yet it is incomplete and at times problematic for social decision making and, by extension, interpersonal conflict. Here I explain how four frames - gains, losses, me, we - operate in conjunction and how humans gravitate toward a "me-loss" frame that, without intervention, leads to a breakdown of cooperation and an arguably tragic funeral of the commons.

Authors 1

1. Carsten K. W. De Dreu corresponding Aachen

   Leiden University · University of Amsterdam

   Affiliation as printed

   Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlandsc.k.w.de.dreu@fsw.leidenuniv.nl

   University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands