eprintid: 10130015
rev_number: 14
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datestamp: 2021-06-23 10:56:33
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type: article
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creators_name: Pancotto, F
creators_name: Righi, S
title: Reflectivity relates differently to pro sociality in naïve and strategic subjects
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C05
divisions: F48
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abstract: Is pro sociality a natural impulse or the result of a self-controlled behavior? We investigate this issue in a lab in the field experiment with participants from the general adult population in Italy. We find two key results: first, that there is a positive relationship between pro sociality and strategic reasoning. Second, that reflectivity relates to lower pro sociality but only among strategic subjects, indicating that the intuitive view of pro sociality is valid only among strategic individuals. Non-strategic individuals are instead intuitively selfish. We surmise that these results emerge due to a common cognitive root between strategizing and pro sociality, namely empathy.
date: 2021-06-17
date_type: published
publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91960-3
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1872114
doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-91960-3
lyricists_name: Righi, Simone
lyricists_id: SRIGH29
actors_name: Righi, Simone
actors_id: SRIGH29
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Scientific Reports
volume: 11
number: 1
citation:        Pancotto, F;    Righi, S;      (2021)    Reflectivity relates differently to pro sociality in naïve and strategic subjects.                   Scientific Reports , 11  (1)      10.1038/s41598-021-91960-3 <https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91960-3>.       Green open access   
 
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