Intention-based evaluations of distributive actions by 4-month-olds

A Geraci, L Surian - Infant Behavior and Development, 2023 - Elsevier
Four-month-olds' ability to consider the intentions of agents performing distributive actions
was investigated in four experiments, using the Violation of Expectation paradigm …

Preverbal infants' reactions to third-party punishments and rewards delivered toward fair and unfair agents

A Geraci, L Surian - Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2023 - Elsevier
Rewarding individuals who distribute resources fairly and punishing those who distribute
resources unfairly may be very important actions for fostering cooperation. This study …

Psychosocial factors as predictors of aggressive behaviors among primary school learners

MP Osiesi, KT Sanni, S Blignaut… - Aggressive …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The study investigated psychosocial factors as predictors of aggressive behaviors among
primary school learners in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The study used a survey research design. All …

Evaluations of pro-environmental behaviors by 7-month-old infants

A Geraci, L Franchin, S Benavides-Varela - Infant Behavior and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental morality is the foundation of a sustainable future, yet its ontogenetic origin
remains unknown. In the present study, we asked whether 7-month-olds have a sense of …

[HTML][HTML] Nature and determinants of socio-moral development: theories, methods and applications

A Geraci, L Franchin, A Govrin, P Rigo - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In the last two decades, several developmental researchers explored the ontogenesis of
morality, revealing an earlier origin of the moral sense (Hamlin et al., 2007; Hamlin, 2013a) …

[HTML][HTML] Infants infer social relationships between individuals who engage in imitative social interactions

V Kudrnova, ES Spelke, AJ Thomas - Open Mind, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
Infants are born into rich social networks and are faced with the challenge of learning about
them. When infants observe social interactions, they make predictions about future behavior …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal beliefs about infant-directed speech misalign with interactions with their infants

AG Ramirez, E Herbst, RM Golinkoff - Frontiers in Developmental …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Infant-directed speech (IDS) refers to how people in many societies talk with
young children. Compared to speech directed to an adult (ADS), IDS includes a slower rate …

The nonmeek inherit the earth: Children generalize dominance, but not submissiveness.

H Hok, K Vasquez, A Barakzai… - Developmental Psychology, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Children and even infants have clear intuitions about power early in development; they can
infer who is dominant and subordinate from observing a single interaction. However, it is …

Sensitivity to the role of an animated agent from observed interactions in newborn chicks (Gallus gallus)

P De Roni, A Geraci, F Simion… - Royal Society Open …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Few month old human infants are able to detect the social roles of artificial agents and
consistently choose the object behaving as 'approacher'rather than 'repulser'. This …

Early intergroup coalition: Toddlers attribute fair distributions to Black rather than White distributors

A Geraci, E Commodari, P Perucchini - Social Development, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Racial concepts emerge in preschool age, and affect children's evaluations of others'
actions. This research investigated whether 2.5‐year‐old and 7‐year‐old children's (N= 160; …