The ontogeny of fairness in seven societies

Nature

Volumn 528, Issue 7581, 2015, Pages 258-261

  Blake, P R ^a   McAuliffe, K ^b,c   Corbit, J ^e   Callaghan, T C ^f   Barry, O ^g   Bowie, A ^c,h   Kleutsch, L ^h   Kramer, K L ^d   Ross, E ^c   Vongsachang, H ^c,h   Wrangham, R ^c   Warneken, F ^h  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g University Cheikh Anta Diop   (Senegal)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ONTOGENY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FAIRNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; ONTOGENY; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENEGAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NORM; UGANDA; UNITED STATES; AGE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 84949883372     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature15703     Document Type: Article

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