Causes and Consequences of Schadenfreude and Sympathy: A Developmental Analysis.

Moral judgments and moral emotions are a ubiquitous feature of social interactions. Humans decide quickly and intuitively whether an action is morally right or wrong. Schadenfreude and sympathy, as emotional reactions to the misfortunes of others, are prototypical moral emotions. So far, however, li...

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Main Authors: Rose Schindler, André Körner, Sylvia Bauer, Sarina Hadji, Udo Rudolph
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4591124?pdf=render

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