The social contagion of generosity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Tsvetkova, Milena ^a   Macy, Michael W ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Social Dynamics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; GENERALIZED RECIPROCITY; GENEROSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PEER PRESSURE; RELIGION; SOCIAL CONTAGION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THIRD PARTY INFLUENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REWARD;

EID: 84895798966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087275     Document Type: Article

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