The effects of implicit religious primes on dictator game allocations: A preregistered replication experiment

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2015, Pages e94-e104

  Gomes, Cristina M ^a   McCullough, Michael E ^a  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Dictator game; Experimental economics; Generosity; Implicit priming; Religious priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GAME; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); RELIGION; REPETITION PRIMING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; REPETITION PRIMING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936971790     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xge0000027     Document Type: Article

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