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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 14, 2017·4 min read

Oxytocin and Social Norms Reduce Xenophobia

Researchers report social norms together with increasing oxytocin can counter xenophobia by enhancing altruistic behaviors.
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·September 28, 2018·3 min read

Sensitive Babies Become Altruistic Toddlers

A baby's attention to fearful faces may predict their level of altruism as toddlers, a new study reports.
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·August 15, 2016·5 min read

Signs of Pure Altruism Converge in the Brain and Increase With Age

Researchers discover converging signs of pure altruism within the brain and noted that the behavior increases as we age.
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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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·March 26, 2022·3 min read

Stress Hormone Reduces Altruistic Behavior in Empathetic People

The stress hormone cortisol reduces altruistic behaviors and alters brain activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in people with higher levels of empathy.
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·July 12, 2019·5 min read

The brain’s pathways to imagination may hold the key to altruistic behavior

Imagination helps us act altruistically, a new study reports. When we see others in trouble, we imagine how we can help before acting. Researchers implicate the medial temporal lobe subsystem in guiding our prosocial behaviors.
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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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·September 29, 2016·4 min read

To Help or Not? Emergency Situations Amplify Tendencies to Behave Egotistically or Prosocially

A new study reports readiness to help in an emergency situation depends heavily on your personality.
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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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·June 2, 2022·7 min read

What Oxytocin Can Tell Us About the Evolution of Human Prosociality

Study sheds new light on the genetics underlying possible social differences between modern humans, our ancestors, and other primate species.
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