Joint music making promotes prosocial behavior in 4-year-old children

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 354-364

  Kirschner Sebastian, S ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altruism; Child development; Cooperation; Dance; Gender differences; Gene culture co evolution; Human behavior; Interpersonal synchrony; Joint action; Music; Rhythmic entrainment; Shared intentionality; Social cognition

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EID: 77955569709     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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