Selfless giving

Cognition

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 392-403

  Bartels, Daniel M ^a   Kvaran, Trevor ^b   Nichols, Shaun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Decision making; Intertemporal Choice; Morality; Personal identity; Values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IDENTITY; INVESTMENT; MALE; MONEY; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELFLESS GIVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WELFARE;

ALTRUISM; DECISION MAKING; INTERTEMPORAL CHOICE; MORALITY; PERSONAL IDENTITY; VALUES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; MOTIVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882996384     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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