Remembering helpers and hinderers depends on behavioral intentions of the agent and psychopathic characteristics of the observer

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 303-316

  Camilleri, Joseph A ^a   Kuhlmeier, Valerie A ^b   Chu, Jenny Y Y ^b  

^a WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral intent; Helper recognition; Hinderer recognition; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955786943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491000800213     Document Type: Article

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