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Eliane Deschrijver, Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Sydney

Heads vs tails? A simple coin flip can be enough to change how we treat others

Circles in a Circle (1923) Wassily Kandinsky / Philadelphia Museum of Art / The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950

Imagine you are asked to give a small amount of money to a stranger. It’s not your money, so it doesn’t cost you anything. You’re just deciding how much they get.

But first, a pair of coins is flipped – one for you and one for the stranger – and you are told the results.

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