Selfish Kids? Immature Brain Gets the Blame

Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 09:01 in Psychology & Sociology

Young children behave selfishly not because they understand the benefits of sharing, but because an immature region of their brain makes it hard to resist selfish impulses, a new study says.

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