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FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
·December 14, 2017·4 min read

Journaling Inspires Altruism Through an Attitude of Gratitude

University of Oregon researchers report those who write online journals that note feelings of gratitude develop an increase in altruism.
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·September 20, 2017·6 min read

New Tool to Assess Individual’s Level of Wisdom Developed

UCSD researchers have developed a new method to assess a person's levels of wisdom. The test, SD-WISE, uses neurobiology, as well as a psychosocial basis to measure the individual level of wisdom.
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·August 18, 2017·4 min read

Human Characters, Not Animals, Teach Children Best Moral Lessons

Reading stories about humans, not anthropomorphic characters, teach moral lessons most effectively to young children a new study reports.
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·March 26, 2018·5 min read

Neural Fingerprints of Altruism

A new neuroimaging study of war veterans with TBI reveals some interesting insights into brain areas associated with altruism.
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·April 8, 2016·3 min read

Willingness to Help Others May Be Measured

A new study pinpoints which tests may be most accurate for providing information about prosocial behavior.
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·June 24, 2016·4 min read

Nasty or Nice? Math Model Explains Why Some Individuals Are Nicer Than Others

Researchers have designed a new math model that could help explain social behaviors in a number of difference species.
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·March 18, 2016·5 min read

Are We Hard Wired for Altruism?

Findings could point to a possible way to making people behave in less selfish, more empathetic ways.
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·April 16, 2021·4 min read

Older Adults Most Likely to Make the Effort to Help Others

Older adults are more likely to make an effort to help others, a new study reports. Researchers found, when faced with tasks that required more effort, older adults were more likely to offer help than younger people. By contrast, younger adults were more selfish and put in higher levels of effort for self-benefit.
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·August 24, 2022·8 min read

Sleepless and Selfish: Lack of Sleep Makes Us Less Generous

A lack of sleep impairs our basic social conscience, making us less willing to help others.
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·May 21, 2022·3 min read

Stress Can Make You More Selfish

Higher levels of stress can diminish altruistic behaviors, researchers report.
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·August 31, 2020·3 min read

Is Being Generous the Next Beauty Trend?

Researchers found more attractive people are more likely to be givers, and givers are generally rated as being more attractive.
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·March 5, 2016·3 min read

Empathy Enhances Altruistic Behavior in Selfish People

A new study report on how brain connectivity reveals our hidden motives.
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