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Learning and Individual Differences 24 (2013) 96–102 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Learning and Individual Differences jour nal homepage: /locate/lindif Explaining altruistic sharing in the dictator game: The role of affective empathy, cognitive empathy, and justice sensitivity Aileen Edele ⁎, Isabel Dziobek 1, Monika Keller Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin, Germany a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Experimental games like the dictator game have proven of great value for the study of altruism and sharing Received 23 July 2012 behavior. It has been shown that individuals differ substantially in the amount of money they offer to an Received in revised form 14 December 2012 anonymous receiver. Yet, to date little is known about how personality dispositions shape differences in al- Accepted 25 December 2012 truistic sharing. The current study aimed at elucidating the effects of affective empathy in comparison to cog- nitive empathy and the disposition of justice sensitivity on altruistic sharing in the dictator game. Different Keywords: Altruism aspects of these constructs were assessed multi-methodologically in young adults and related to their offers Dictator game in the dictator game. Analyses revealed that affective empathy and justice sensitivity explain altruistic shar- Empathy