Young Children Are Intrinsically Motivated to See Others Helped

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 967-972

  Hepach, Robert ^a   Vaish, Amrisha ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

children's helping behavior; intrinsic motivation; motivation; pupil dilation; social behavior; social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866417482     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612440571     Document Type: Article

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