Emerging signs of strong reciprocity in human ontogeny

Strong reciprocity is considered here as the propensity to sacrifice resources to be kind or to punish in response to prior acts, a behavior not simply reducible to self-interest and a likely force behind human cooperation and sociality. The aim was to capture emerging signs of strong reciprocity in...

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Main Authors: Erin eRobbins, Philippe eRochat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00353/full