Competition for trophies triggers male generosity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Pan, Xiaofei Sophia ^a   Houser, Daniel ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMPETITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ALTRUISM; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REWARD;

EID: 79953749751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018050     Document Type: Article

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