Eye spots do not increase altruism in children

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 224-231

  Vogt, Sonja ^a   Efferson, Charles ^a   Berger, Joël ^b   Fehr, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altruism; Dictator game; Evolutionary legacy; Social preferences in children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927911740     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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