Compassion: An Evolutionary Analysis and Empirical Review

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-374

  Goetz, Jennifer L ^a   Keltner, Dacher ^a   Simon Thomas, Emiliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

altruism; compassion; empathy; prosocial behavior; sympathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVOLUTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; TOUCH;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MORALS; MOTIVATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; TOUCH;

EID: 77953156856     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018807     Document Type: Article

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