Motivated misremembering of selfish decisions
People often prioritize their own interests, but also like to see themselves as moral. Here the authors show how distortions in memory might resolve this tension by demonstrating that people tend to remember being more generous in the past than they actually were.
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Main Authors: | Ryan W. Carlson, Michel André Maréchal, Bastiaan Oud, Ernst Fehr, Molly J. Crockett |
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Format: | article |
Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2020
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/d2aefdaa5acc4a80b90deaa105f93b16 |
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