The figure shows one cycle from boundary spanner one (left side) providing rewards that surpasses the expectations of boundary spanner two (right side), resulting in increased attraction and conditioning to- wards boundary spanner one. The increment in attraction triggers an ad- aptation of boundary spanner two's behavior, increasing the net rewards perceived by boundary spanner one, which again generates an increase in attraction, as an identical process takes place on the left side (not visu- alized in the figure).