Explaining altruistic sharing in the dictator game: The role of affective empathy, cognitive empathy, and justice sensitivity

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-102

  Edele, Aileen ^a   Dziobek, Isabel ^a,b   Keller, Monika ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altruism; Dictator game; Empathy; Justice sensitivity; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875245927     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2012.12.020     Document Type: Article

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