Effects of Eye Images and Norm Cues on Charitable Donation

Laboratory and field experiments have shown that people are more likely to be prosocial in the presence of watching eyes images. This “watching eyes effect” may be explained by the reputation-based partner choice model or a norm-compliance model suggesting that eye images elicit conformity to locall...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ryo Oda, Ryota Ichihashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-09-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704916668874