Varieties of altruism in children and chimpanzees

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 397-402

  Warneken, Felix ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; YOUNG CHILDREN;

ALTRUISM; CHILD; CHIMPANZEE; COOPERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; REVIEW; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 69749116136     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2009.06.008     Document Type: Review

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