Selfless concern for the well-being of others may begin in infancy, according to a new study of nearly 100 babies.
according to a new study of nearly 100 babies.
"We adults help each other when we see another in need and we do this even if there is a cost to the self. So we tested the roots of this in infants." The goal was to determine whether the child would, without encouragement, verbal instruction or reinforcement, spontaneously give an appealing food to an unfamiliar person.
In the first experiment, more than half the children in the test group picked up the fruit and gave it to the adult, compared to four per cent of children in the control group.
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