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Common Thought Patterns Reflect Generosity, Fairness, and Social Context

2026-01-15

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<p>Humans generate thousands of thoughts each day, many of which concern other people. Yet it remains unclear whether these ongoing thoughts vary systematically across social contexts that demand meaningful social behavior, and whether they reflect individual differences in social preferences such as generosity and fairness. To address this question, we combined multidimensional experience sampling (MDES) with an...

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Literature Corpus work: baefb079-54a6-56c4-9f82-20af20a0f401
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/nu3vt_v1

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