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Watching-eye effect (Wikipedia)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watching-eye_effect
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Watching-eye effect (Wikipedia)
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The watching-eye effect says that people behave more altruistically and exhibit less antisocial behavior in the presence of images that depict eyes, because these images insinuate that they are being watched.
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Claims Backed By This Source (5 claims)

This source backs 5 claims across the atlas. As facts: 3 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Psychological Phenomena, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.

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3

Psychological Phenomena

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1

Psychological Phenomena

General References

1

Psychological Phenomena

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