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Toddlers who are quick to share toys act surprised when food isn't divided equally, study finds.
SUNDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Children develop a sense of fairness and altruism, or selflessness, earlier than previously thought, according to a new study.
Researchers from the University of Washington found that 15-month-old babies could tell the difference between equal and unequal portions of food. This perception, the study authors noted, affected the babies' willingness to share.
"Our findings show that these norms of fairness and altruism are more rapidly acquired than we thought," study leader Jessica Sommerville, a University of Washington associate professor of psychology, said in a university news release. "These results also show a connection between fairness and altruism in infants, such that babies who were more sensitive to the fair distribution of food were also more likely to share their preferred toy." More Read
SUNDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Children develop a sense of fairness and altruism, or selflessness, earlier than previously thought, according to a new study.
Researchers from the University of Washington found that 15-month-old babies could tell the difference between equal and unequal portions of food. This perception, the study authors noted, affected the babies' willingness to share.
"Our findings show that these norms of fairness and altruism are more rapidly acquired than we thought," study leader Jessica Sommerville, a University of Washington associate professor of psychology, said in a university news release. "These results also show a connection between fairness and altruism in infants, such that babies who were more sensitive to the fair distribution of food were also more likely to share their preferred toy." More Read
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