Researchers have long used similar games to study how people cooperate and the impact of gossip in groups. Scientists define gossip as social information spread about a person who is not present, Sommerfeld said.

• 研究人员一直用类似的游戏来研究人们如何合作及流言对于团队的影响。索姆费尔德说，科学家将流言定义为人们散布的有关不在场的人的社会信息。