Fair is Fine, but More is Better: Limits to Inequity Aversion in the Domestic Dog.
Research with domestic dogs provides a unique approach for exploring the evolution of fairness and justice. Not only are dogs descended from highly social canids; they have also been bred for cooperative tasks with humans. Dogs act cooperatively in social play and are skilled on other social cogniti...
| Publicado en: | Social Justice Research Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 195 - 213 |
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Springer Nature
Jun2012
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