The development of contingent reciprocity in children

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 86-93

  House, Bailey ^a   Henrich, Joseph ^b   Sarnecka, Barbara ^c   Silk, Joan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Evolution of cooperation; Prosociality; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 84874274008     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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