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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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·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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·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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·November 1, 2016·4 min read

Does Your Empathy Predict If You Would Stop and Help an Injured Person?

Researchers report the more empathetic you are, the more likely you are to play 'good Samaritan' and help an injured person.

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·October 10, 2018·4 min read

Altruism Can Be Trained

Researchers report altruistic motivations and behaviors can be changed with the help of mental training.

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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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·June 7, 2017·4 min read

Altruism Changing Western Society

A rise in individualism helps create generations of people with more altruistic mindsets, researchers report.

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·September 3, 2020·4 min read

When Doing Good Boosts Health and Well-Being

Prosocial behavior is good for people's health and wellbeing, but not all altruistic acts are equally beneficial for the giver.

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·January 11, 2020·4 min read

The meaning of life – a psychologist’s view

Study investigates suffering-induced transformational experiences to help reveal what the meaning of life could actually be.

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·October 24, 2021·4 min read

Majority of 15 to 19 Year Olds Wanted COVID Vaccination for Altruistic Reasons

Many teens cite a desire to get a COVID vaccine in order to do their part and protect the health of those more vulnerable in their families and communities.

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·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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·June 13, 2017·5 min read

What Makes a Mother Risk Her Life to Protect Her Kids?

A mother's willingness to sacrifice their own lives to protect their children depends upon the action of oxytocin on neurons in the amygdala, a new study reports.

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