Between self-interest and reciprocity: The social bright side of self-control failure

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 745-754

  Halali, Eliran ^a   Bereby Meyer, Yoella ^a   Meiran, Nachshon ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Ego depletion; Fairness; Trust game; Ultimatum game

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST;

ALTRUISM; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST;

EID: 84897522836     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033824     Document Type: Article

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