Concepts and implications of altruism bias and pathological altruism

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue SUPPL2, 2013, Pages 10408-10415

  Oakley, Barbara A ^a  

^a Oakland University   (United States)

Author keywords

Codependency; Cooperation; Empathy; Narcissism; Philanthropy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COOPERATION; CULTURAL BIAS; EMPATHY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTUITION; NARCISSISM; PATHOLOGICAL ALTRUISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELFARE;

CODEPENDENCY; COOPERATION; EMPATHY; NARCISSISM; PHILANTHROPY;

ALTRUISM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS;

EID: 84879285315     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1302547110     Document Type: Article

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