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Nature Human Behaviour  ·  6 July 2026  ·  From issue 03

Young children are kinder when they answer fast, but this fades as they grow up.

Francesco Margoni, Francesco Nava et al., Stable intuition and the rise of deliberative prosociality in childhood, Nature Human Behaviour.

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