  The prototype of a cyclic dominant system is the so-called
rock-scissors-paper game, but similar relation among competing strategies can
be identified in several other models of evolutionary game theory. In this work
we assume that a specific strategy from the available set is reluctant to adopt
alternative states, hence the related learning activity is reduced no matter
which other strategy is considered for adoption. Paradoxically, this
modification of the basic model will primarily elevate the stationary fraction
of another strategy who is the virtual predator of the one with reduced
learning activity. This general reaction of the studied systems is in agreement
with our understanding about Lotka-Volterra type cyclic dominant systems where
lowering the invasion rate between a source and target species promotes the
growth of former population. The observed effect is highly non-linear because
the effective invasion rates between strategies may depend sensitively on the
details of the actual model.
