Birth order and prosociality in the early adolescent brain

Abstract Birth order is a crucial environmental factor for child development. For example, later-born children are relatively unlikely to feel secure due to sibling competition or diluted parental resources. The positive effect of being earlier-born on cognitive intelligence is well-established. How...

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Main Authors: Naohiro Okada, Yu Yamamoto, Noriaki Yahata, Susumu Morita, Daisuke Koshiyama, Kentaro Morita, Kingo Sawada, Sho Kanata, Shinya Fujikawa, Noriko Sugimoto, Rie Toriyama, Mio Masaoka, Shinsuke Koike, Tsuyoshi Araki, Yukiko Kano, Kaori Endo, Syudo Yamasaki, Shuntaro Ando, Atsushi Nishida, Mariko Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, Charles Yokoyama, Kiyoto Kasai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01146-0