The developmental foundations of human fairness

2017/02/08 by Katherine McAuliffe, Peter R. Blake, Peter Blake +2 · 309 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Child development #Cognition #Cognitive psychology #Cognitive science #Developmental Science #Developmental psychology #Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies #Human development (humanity) #Law #Neuroscience #Political science #Psychology #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1038/s41562-016-0042

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

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