Giving is a unique attribute of human sharing. In this review, we discuss evidence attesting
to our species' preparedness to recognize interactions based on this behavior. We show that …

Rewarding individuals who distribute resources fairly and punishing those who distribute
resources unfairly may be very important actions for fostering cooperation. This study …

In the human mind, what is a social relationship, and what are the developmental origins of
this representation? I consider findings from infant psychology and propose that our …

Knowing who owns what is challenging because it is often invisible to direct perception. Yet,
the concept of ownership can be instrumental for organizing representations of the world …

Sharing joint visual attention to an object with another person biases infants to encode
qualitatively different object properties compared to a parallel attention situation lacking …

Children use correlations between the syntax of a clause and the meaning of its predicate to
draw inferences about word meanings. On one proposal, these inferences are underwritten …

Human success in constructing and navigating a complex social world is typically
associated with the ability to interpret other people's behavior in terms of mental states—a …

Across languages, GIVE and TAKE verbs have different syntactic requirements: GIVE
mandates a patient argument to be made explicit in the clause structure, whereas TAKE …

Numerous studies have documented children's understanding of fairness through their
ability to rectify inequities when distributing resources to others. Understanding fairness …