Social motivation is associated with increased weight granted to cooperation-related impressions in face evaluation tasks.

It is a trope in psychological science to define the human species as inherently social. Yet, despite its key role in human behaviour, the mechanisms by which social bonding actually shapes social behaviour have not been fully characterized. Across six studies, we show that the motivation for social...

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Main Authors: Lou Safra, Nicolas Baumard, Valentin Wyart, Coralie Chevallier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230011