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Quick, Lend Me Some Money—Humans Act More Generously Under Time Pressure

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Quick, Lend Me Some Money—Humans Act More Generously Under Time Pressure
Description Harvard researchers recruited subjects from around the world via a crowdsourcing website. Then they tested the participants’ cooperation with a few economic games. Split into groups of four, people received 40 cents and a request: choose how much to put into a group fund. The communal cash would be doubled and then evenly shared amongst the whole team.

SOURCE LINK to the full article: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/09/21/quick-lend-me-some-money-humans-act-more-generously-under-time-pressure/
Tags: behavioral economics, Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, Generosity, human behavior, selfishness
Jason Robbins Posted by Jason Robbins
Sep 22, 2012 01:28 pm GMT Viewed 1340 times
Author: Sophie Bushwick Source
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