The neuroscience of implicit moral evaluation and its relation to generosity in early childhood

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 93-97

  Cowell, Jason M ^a   Decety, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENEFICENCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COOPERATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BENEFICENCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84920442763     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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