Eighteen-month-old infants show increased helping following priming with affiliation: Research report

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1189-1193

  Over, Harriet ^a,b   Carpenter, Malinda ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70350602634     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02419.x     Document Type: Article

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