Attentional priorities drive effects of time pressure on altruistic choice

Forcing people to choose quickly often changes pro-social behavior, but it is unclear why. Here, the authors show that under time pressure, people engage in incomplete information searches biased by concern (or lack thereof) for others, explaining effects often attributed to automatic processing.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yi Yang Teoh, Ziqing Yao, William A. Cunningham, Cendri A. Hutcherson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17326-x