  The inherent huge complexities in human beings show a remarkable diversity in
response to complex surroundings, enabling us to tackle problems from different
perspectives. In the realm of cooperation studies, however, existing work
assumes that individuals get access to the same kind of information to make
their decisions, in contrast to the facts that individuals often perceive
differently. Here, within the reinforcement learning framework, we investigate
the impact of information perception on the evolution of cooperation in a
2-person scenario when playing the prisoner's dilemma game. We demonstrate that
distinctly different evolution processes are observed in three information
perception scenarios, revealing that the structure of information significantly
affects the emergence of cooperation. Notably, the asymmetric information
scenario exhibits a rich dynamical process, including the cooperation
emergence, breakdown, and reconstruction, akin to psychological changes in
humans. Our findings indicate that the information structure is vital to the
emergence of cooperation, shedding new light on establishing mutually stable
cooperative relationships and understanding human behavioral complexities in
general.
