Preverbal infants affirm third-party interventions that protect victims from aggressors

2017/01/30 by Yasuhiro Kanakogi, Yasuyuki Inoue, Goh Matsuda +5 · 157 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Admiration #Child and Animal Learning Development #Developmental psychology #Economic Justice #Intervention (counseling) #Law #Political science #Psychiatry #Psychological intervention #Psychology #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1038/s41562-016-0037

published in Nature Human Behaviour 1(2) (Nature Portfolio)

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