Causes and Consequences of Schadenfreude and Sympathy: A Developmental Analysis

Moral judgments and moral emotions are a ubiquitous feature of social interactions. Humans decide quickly and intuitively whether an action is morally right or wrong. Schadenfreude and sympathy, as emotional reactions to the misfortunes of others, are prototypical moral emotions. So far, however, li...

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Main Authors: Schindler, Rose, Körner, André, Bauer, Sylvia, Hadji, Sarina, Rudolph, Udo
Other Authors: Public Library of Science,
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz 2015
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