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. 1971 Mar 26;171(3977):1262-3.
doi: 10.1126/science.171.3977.1262.

Altruism is rewarding

R F Weiss, W Buchanan, L Altstatt, J P Lombardo

Altruism is rewarding

R F Weiss et al. Science. .

Abstract

People will learn an instrumental conditioned response, the reward for which is the deliverance of another human being from suffering.

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