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Children prefer lucky individuals

November 9th, 2006, under , ,

There is an interesting report at EurekAlert about how children are more attracted to lucky individuals and groups than victims of bad luck. The researches, who studied thirty-two kids aged between five and seven, say that the results might partly explain why social inequality has persisted for so long.

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