The ironic effect of financial incentive on empathic accuracy

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-71

  Ma Kellams, Christine ^a   Blascovich, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Motivation; Prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867547457     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.08.014     Document Type: Article

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