Intuitive Prosociality

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 466-470

  Zaki, Jamil ^a   Mitchell, Jason P ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

altruism; control; intuition; prosociality; reward

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889641839     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721413492764     Document Type: Article

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