Fig. 1.
Design and differences in outcome between the a) Prisoner’s Dilemma Game (PDG) and b) The Social Dilemma Game (SDG). Avatars were chosen by the participants before the start of the session. Here, one trial for target ‘mother’ is shown for both the PDG & SDG. In both games, choice A depicts cooperation; choice B depicts defection. Differences in outcomes are due to the fact that the PDG is a zero-sum paradigm and the SDG a non-zero-sum paradigm.