The developmental roots of fairness: Infants' reactions to equal and unequal distributions of resources

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1012-1020

  Geraci, Alessandra ^a   Surian, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OCULOGRAPHY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 80051935816     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01048.x     Document Type: Article

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