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Older people are perceived as more moral than younger people: data from seven culturally diverse countries

Piotr Sorokowskia Institute of Psychology, University of Wrocław, PolandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9225-9965View further author information
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Marta Kowalb Being Human Lab, University of Wrocław, PolandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9050-1471View further author information
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Sadiq Hussainc Department of Psychology & Human Development, Karakoram International University, PakistanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9008-935XView further author information
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Rashid Ali Haiderid Department of Behavioral Sciences, Karakorum International University, Pakistan;e School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4275-9985View further author information
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Michał Misiakb Being Human Lab, University of Wrocław, PolandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6892-3325View further author information
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Kiriakos Chatzipentidisa Institute of Psychology, University of Wrocław, PolandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7682-4856View further author information
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Mehmet Kibris Mahmutf Food, Flavour and Fragrance Lab, School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9228-0884View further author information
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W.P. Maleckig Institute of Polish Studies, University of Wrocław, PolandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4768-713XView further author information
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Jakub Dąbrowskia Institute of Psychology, University of Wrocław, PolandView further author information
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Anna Bartkowiakh Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of Wrocław, PolandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2778-6512View further author information
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Agnieszka Sorokowskaa Institute of Psychology, University of Wrocław, PolandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3999-8851View further author information
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Mariola Paruzel-Czachurai Institute of Psychology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland;j Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, ChatLab, University of Pennsylvania, the United StatesCorrespondence[email protected]
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Published online: 24 Aug 2023

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