On the social nature of eyes: The effect of social cues in interaction and individual choice tasks

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 146-154

  Baillon, Aurélien ^a   Selim, Asli ^a   van Dolder, Dennie ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Altruism; Ambiguity; Compound lotteries; Cooperation; Cues; Dictator game; Eyes; Generosity; Joy of destruction; Reputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874231314     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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