Acute hunger does not always undermine prosociality

Jan A. Häusser; Christina Stahlecker; Andreas Mojzisch; Johannes Leder; Paul A. M. Van Lange; Nadira S. Faber

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12579-7

Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Acute hunger does not always undermine prosociality

Jan A. Häusser,
Christina Stahlecker,
Andreas Mojzisch,
Johannes Leder,
Paul A. M. Van Lange,
Nadira S. Faber

Affiliations

Jan A. Häusser: Department of Psychology, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen
Christina Stahlecker: Department of Psychology, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen
Andreas Mojzisch: Department of Psychology, University of Hildesheim
Johannes Leder: Department of Psychology, University of Bamberg
Paul A. M. Van Lange: Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, VU Amsterdam
Nadira S. Faber: Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, New Radcliffe House, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12579-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Previous studies have suggested that being hungry causes people to make more selfish and less prosocial decisions. Here, the authors carried out a series of studies to test this claim and found that the effect of acute hunger was very weak at best.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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