A fast automatic sense of ownership arises from proximity, discovery, and contact.
Evidence
Beyond this very basic tendency to keep positive objects for ourselves, a number of results suggest that an early sense of ownership develops as well. Recent experiments we performed (Scorolli et al. 2012) showed that the sense of ownership is a basic mechanism, which is activated quite fast and automatically, since it emerges even in tasks in which no reference to the sense of ownership is made. We used the same context to evaluate the relative weight of different cues in determining the sense of ownership: physical proximity, discovery, and physical contact with the same originally neutral objects. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 584
Categorization
- XREF: The three ownership cues (proximity, discovery, contact) parallel the reader’s prior knowledge of territorial and partner-choice markers in Baumard et al.; discovery resembles first-claim/first-come possession norms. — connects to: Local property norms shape how people construe ownership over shared resources. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 131; Economic value emerges through the distance exchange creates between self and object — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 250; Sharing emerges later than possessive ownership behavior in children. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 588
Related
- Sharing develops later and less spontaneously than helping or comforting. (similarity 0.79)
- Sharing emerges later than possessive ownership behavior in children. (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Economic value emerges through the distance exchange creates between self and object
#complicates(0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 250 - Local property norms shape how people construe ownership over shared resources.
#qualifies(0.72) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 131 - Sharing emerges later than possessive ownership behavior in children.
#expands(0.72) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 588