Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Early childhood investment impacts social decision-making four decades later

  • Yi Luo,
  • Sébastien Hétu,
  • Terry Lohrenz,
  • Andreas Hula,
  • Peter Dayan,
  • Sharon Landesman Ramey,
  • Libbie Sonnier-Netto,
  • Jonathan Lisinski,
  • Stephen LaConte,
  • Tobias Nolte,
  • Peter Fonagy,
  • Elham Rahmani,
  • P. Read Montague,
  • Craig Ramey

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07138-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Early childhood educational intervention has positive outcomes in adulthood, including higher education attainment, economic status, and overall health. This study shows that adults who underwent such intervention have greater enforcement of equality norm during social decision-making, potentially motivated by future planning.