Scholars from across the social sciences, biological sciences, and humanities have long
emphasized the role of human morality in supporting cooperation. How does morality arise …

This paper provides a minimalist framework for understanding the development of children's
theory of mind (ToM). First, I provide a critical analysis of rich interpretations of ToM tasks …

Although developmental psychologists traditionally explore morality from a learning and
development perspective, some aspects of the human moral sense may be built-in, having …

Human beings frequently attribute anthropomorphic features, motivations and behaviors to
animals, artifacts, and natural phenomena. Historically, many interpretations of this attitude …

Moral Development and Reality explores the nature of moral development, human behavior,
and social interconnections. The exploration elucidates the full range of moral development …

Third-party punishment of antisocial others is unique to humans and seems to be universal
across cultures. However, its emergence in ontogeny remains unknown. We developed a …

This study provides the first physiological evidence of humans' ability to empathize with
robot pain and highlights the difference in empathy for humans and robots. We performed …

Over the past decade, numerous studies have reported that infants prefer prosocial agents
(those who provide help, comfort, or fairness in distributive actions) to antisocial agents …

Mature moral judgments include an analysis of both the outcomes of others' actions as well
as the mental states that drive them. While adults easily incorporate both intention and …

The nature and underpinnings of infants' seemingly complex, third-party, social evaluations
remain highly contentious. Theoretical perspectives oscillate between rich and lean …