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"The Centipede's Dilemma" is a short poem that has lent its name to a psychological effect called the centipede effect or centipede syndrome.The centipede effect occurs when a normally automatic or unconscious activity is disrupted by consciousness of it or reflection on it.
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Centipede game: 2 variable 1 Yes Yes No No Chicken (aka hawk-dove) 2 2 2 No No No No Coordination game: N: variable >2 No No No No Cournot game: 2 infinite [2] 1 No No No No Deadlock: 2 2 1 No No No No Dictator game: 2 infinite [2] 1 N/A [3] N/A [3] Yes No Diner's dilemma: N: 2 1 No No No No Dollar auction: 2 2 0 Yes Yes No No El Farol bar: N ...
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In game theory, the centipede game, first introduced by Robert Rosenthal in 1981, is an extensive form game in which two players take turns choosing either to take a slightly larger share of an increasing pot, or to pass the pot to the other player. The payoffs are arranged so that if one passes the pot to one's opponent and the opponent takes ...
The traveler's dilemma can be framed as a finitely repeated prisoner's dilemma. [8] [9] Similar paradoxes are attributed to the centipede game and to the p-beauty contest game [7] (or more specifically, "Guess 2/3 of the average"). One variation of the original traveler's dilemma in which both travelers are offered only two integer choices, $2 ...
This effect has been named the "centipede effect" after the fable of the "Centipede's dilemma", where a toad immobilises a centipede simply by asking it how it walks. The centipede's normally unconscious locomotion was interrupted by conscious reflection on it.
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