The piece reports that toddlers show greater happiness when giving treats to others than when receiving treats themselves, suggesting that sharing is intrinsically rewarding from a very young age. The study uses structured giving scenarios with 16 to 23-month-olds to compare happiness across giving, receiving, and observing conditions, aiming to isolate genuine prosocial motivation from instruction-following.

This topic appeals to psychology readers because it highlights early developmental roots of prosocial behavior and the internal reward mechanisms that may reinforce generosity, offering insight into how cooperative behavior might originate and be maintained through positive emotion.

Article Title: Toddlers are happier giving treats to others than receiving them, study finds

Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/toddlers-are-happier-giving-treats-to-others-than-receiving-them-study-finds/

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#toddlerdevelopment #prosocialbehavior #sharingreward #earlychildhoodpsychology #emotionresearch

🌟 This week, we're spotlighting our incredible SAS 2025 speakers lineup! Check back each day to learn more!🌟

Kicking things off: The Keynote Symposium which will be held Friday, 3/21, 2:00pm - 3:00pm in Portland. Join us to explore how to bring emotion research to the real world with Katie McLaughlin, Sylvia Perry, and Judith Andersen!

📅 Register now—early bird ends Jan 31!
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🌟 New Issue Alert! 🌟
Discover how social media shapes emotions across ages, cultures, and contexts! Dive into 18 groundbreaking articles on everything from adolescent self-evaluations to #MeToo moral discourse. 🧠📱✨

📰 Read it now at Affective Science!

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Who is talking about what I'm going to call #facialcodinggate?
There's suddenly an influx of criticism of #facialcoding for #emotion research in #marketingresearch & #consumerresearch.

I feel like I've been beating that drum for years. But the new #ICO report (https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2022/10/immature-biometric-technologies-could-be-discriminating-against-people-says-ico-in-warning-to-organisations/) seems to be driving the latest craze.

I feel people are missing the point though. It's not the tools. It's the people and their overestimation of #AI for use #emotionresearch.

Who's with me?
#neuroscience #psychology

A colleague is doing a lit review on recent developments in the emotion regulation literature. Any recent articles that stick out to folks as particularly noteworthy or interesting?

Also happy to be pointed at emotion researcher accounts here--I'm just getting integrated into communities in the tootisphere.

#EmotionRegulation #AcademicResearch #Psychology #PsychResearch #Emotion #EmotionResearch