Altruism Is Rewarding
SciencePublished 26 March 1971
Robert Frank Weiss, William J. Buchanan, Lynne Altstatt, John P. Lombardo
Citations75
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SJR score10.42
SNIP6.62
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People will learn an instrumental conditioned response, the reward for which is the deliverance of another human being from suffering.
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People will learn an instrumental conditioned response, the reward for which is the deliverance of another human being from suffering.
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