Foundations of cooperation in young children

Cognition

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 222-231

  Olson, Kristina R ^a   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Indirect reciprocity; Kin preference; Reciprocal altruism; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COOPERATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALTRUISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 44249112866     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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