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.
Reading stories about humans, not anthropomorphic characters, teach moral lessons most effectively to young children a new study reports.
Researchers report social norms together with increasing oxytocin can counter xenophobia by enhancing altruistic behaviors.
Study sheds light on how the brain coordinates complex decision involving empathy and altruism.
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.
A rise in individualism helps create generations of people with more altruistic mindsets, researchers report.
According to researchers, people may try to invoke negative emotions in others for altruistic reasons, not simply for their own benefit.
Researchers report the more empathetic you are, the more likely you are to play 'good Samaritan' and help an injured person.
A new study reports readiness to help in an emergency situation depends heavily on your personality.
Researchers discover converging signs of pure altruism within the brain and noted that the behavior increases as we age.
Researchers have designed a new math model that could help explain social behaviors in a number of difference species.
A new study pinpoints which tests may be most accurate for providing information about prosocial behavior.
