Similarity increases altruistic punishment in humans

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

Volumn 110, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 19318-19323

  Mussweiler, Thomas ^a   Ockenfels, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MONEY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PUNISHMENT;

EID: 84888317303     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1215443110     Document Type: Article

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