Felix Warneken

12.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Felix Warneken is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Felix Warneken has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 48 papers in Social Psychology and 32 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Felix Warneken's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (57 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (21 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (19 papers). Felix Warneken is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (57 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (21 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (19 papers). Felix Warneken collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Felix Warneken's co-authors include Michael Tomasello, Hannes Rakoczy, Katherine McAuliffe, Katharina Hamann, Alicia P. Melis, Peter Blake, Jillian Jordan, Frances S. Chen, Julia Greenberg and Brian Hare and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Felix Warneken

87 papers receiving 6.8k citations

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Altruistic Helping in Human Infants and Young Chimpanzees

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Children Cheat to Return a Favor 2025 ·Developmental Science ·(unknown), Felix Warneken, Sebastian Grueneisen	0
2	Across six societies children engage in costly third-party punishment of unfair sharing 2025 ·Communications Psychology ·Katherine McAuliffe, (unknown), Tara C. Callaghan, John Corbit, (unknown), Yarrow Dunham, Alain Finkel, Emily Otali, (unknown), Patrick Tusiime, Felix Warneken	1
3	Children’s third-party punishment does not change depending on the prospect of future interaction. 2023 ·Journal of Experimental Psychology General ·(unknown), (unknown), Felix Warneken	2
4	Children’s judgments of interventions against norm violations: COVID-19 as a naturalistic case study 2022 ·Journal of Experimental Child Psychology ·(unknown), Julia Marshall, (unknown), Katherine McAuliffe, Felix Warneken	4
5	Reduced risk-seeking in chimpanzees in a zero-outcome game 2021 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Stefanie Keupp, Sebastian Grueneisen, Elliot A. Ludvig, Felix Warneken, Alicia P. Melis	6
6	Why do children punish? Fair outcomes matter more than intent in children’s second- and third-party punishment 2020 ·Journal of Experimental Child Psychology ·(unknown), Justin W. Martin, Felix Warneken	18
7	Pay to play: Children’s emerging ability to use acts of generosity for selfish ends 2019 ·Journal of Experimental Child Psychology ·Felix Warneken, Carla Sebastián‐Enesco, (unknown), (unknown)	14
8	Children’s collaboration induces fairness rather than generosity 2017 ·Cognition ·John Corbit, Katherine McAuliffe, Tara C. Callaghan, Peter Blake, Felix Warneken	50
9	Evidence for proactive and reactive helping in two- to five-year-olds from a small-scale society 2017 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Tanya Broesch, Lara B. Aknin, Felix Warneken	16
10	How comparative psychology can shed light on human evolution: Response to Beran et al.’s discussion of “Cognitive capacities for cooking in chimpanzees” 2016 ·Learning & Behavior ·Alexandra G. Rosati, Felix Warneken	2
11	Children’s reasoning about distributive and retributive justice across development. 2016 ·Developmental Psychology ·Craig Smith, Felix Warneken	52
12	Precocious Prosociality: Why Do Young Children Help? 2015 ·Child Development Perspectives ·Felix Warneken	87
13	The emergence of contingent reciprocity in young children 2013 ·Journal of Experimental Child Psychology ·Felix Warneken, Michael Tomasello	118
14	Collaborative partner or social tool? New evidence for young children’s understanding of joint intentions in collaborative activities 2011 ·Developmental Science ·Felix Warneken, Maria Gräfenhain, Michael Tomasello	79
15	Solving ambiguities with perspective taking 2010 ·Human-Robot Interaction ·Raquel Ros, Emrah Akin Sisbot, Rachid Alami, (unknown), Katharina Hamann, Felix Warneken	7
16	The basis of shared intentions in robot and human cognition 2009 ·New Ideas in Psychology ·Peter Ford Dominey, Felix Warneken	6
17	Varieties of altruism in children and chimpanzees 2009 ·Trends in Cognitive Sciences ·Felix Warneken, Michael Tomasello	234
18	Extrinsic rewards undermine altruistic tendencies in 20-month-olds. 2008 ·Developmental Psychology ·Felix Warneken, Michael Tomasello	248
19	Helping and Cooperation at 14 Months of Age 2007 ·Infancy ·Felix Warneken, Michael Tomasello	485
20	Cooperative activities in children with autism 2007 ·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders ·Kristin Liebal, Costanza Colombi, Sally J. Rogers, Felix Warneken, Michael Tomasello	3

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