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·May 31, 2025·5 min read

Kindness Sparks Cooperation by Boosting Social Connectedness

New research reveals that everyday niceness—like warm tones, smiles, and active listening—can significantly improve teamwork and increase willingness to cooperate. These small acts foster a sense of social connectedness, which serves as the bridge between kindness and collaboration.

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·November 20, 2024·5 min read

Leveling Up: How Gaming Boosts Decision Making and Cooperation

A new study reveals that multiplayer online gaming can enhance workplace skills such as teamwork, problem-solving, and leadership. Researchers found that gamers with years of experience apply their in-game behaviors to professional settings, developing patience, self-confidence, and coaching abilities.

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·May 15, 2024·6 min read

How Gossip Shapes Cooperation

A new study explores how gossip influences cooperation and behavior. Researchers found that gossip helps maintain social order by spreading information about reputations, which encourages cooperative behavior.

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·November 24, 2023·5 min read

Brain Power in Teamwork: Unveiling Cooperation Through EEG and Pacman

A new study examines cooperative behavior through the classic game Pacman. The experiment involved two players guiding Pacman collaboratively, with one player seeing the maze path and communicating directions indirectly.

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·February 13, 2023·6 min read

How Brains Synchronize During Cooperative Tasks

Study reveals how neural populations in different people synchronize during social interaction and tasks of cooperation.

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·June 27, 2022·3 min read

Oxytocin Spreads Cooperation in Social Networks

Administering oxytocin to influential members of a social network helped increase overall group cooperation.

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·July 15, 2021·6 min read

Emotion, Cooperation and Locomotion Crucial From an Early Age

Emotional knowledge, cooperative social behavior, and locomotor activity are three key skills for promoting numerical learning in young children.

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·February 1, 2021·4 min read

Experts Put New Method of Analyzing Children’s Play to the Test

Researchers propose new methods of how to study the stages children go through when they choose to play with one another.

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·November 25, 2020·3 min read

The Smell of Cooperation

The smell of a cooperative rat is enough to trigger altruistic responses in other rodents.

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·January 14, 2020·3 min read

‘Marshmallow test’ redux: Children show better self-control when they depend on each other

Study reports children are more likely to delay gratification when they and a peer rely on one another to get a reward than when they are left to their own willpower.

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·April 9, 2019·5 min read

Empathy and cooperation go hand in hand

A capacity for empathy is key in sustaining cooperation between a social group. Findings reveal empathy can evolve through a process of social contagion.