Preschool Children Fail Primate Prosocial Game Because of Attentional Task Demands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Burkart, Judith Maria ^a   Rueth, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL STATUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIMATES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

PRIMATES;

EID: 84879753647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068440     Document Type: Article

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