A new study reports lower status individuals are more likely to share wealth than those considered to be of higher status.
People with psychopathic tendencies have an impaired sense of smell, which points to inefficient processing in the front part of the brain (orbitofrontal cortex) according to a new study.
A new measuring method has detected oxytocin at much higher rates in blood serum and plasma than researchers previously thought.
Choosing a path to empathy can affect a person's health and well-being, a new study reports.
Findings from a new study may help to develop new methods to improve social communication in children with autism.
Atypical activation and negative functional connectivity between the insula and ventromedial prefrontal cortex could explain why psychopaths lack empathy.
Sleep loss leads to negativity bias, negative mood and impaired emotional regulation.
Teens who display callous-unemotional traits are at higher risk of developing psychopathic traits as they enter adulthood.
A positive correlation has been identified between prosocial and rebellious behaviors in teens. The more risk taking behaviors a teen exhibited, the more likely they were to act prosocially. The findings suggest the same developmental processes are at work for both types of behaviors. Also noted was faster brain development in the medial prefrontal cortex predicted a decrease in rebellious behavior.
Emotional recognition technology is rapidly growing into a multi-billion dollar industry. Researchers investigate the limitations of new AI technology, and some of the biases within the algorithms, when it comes to identifying human emotions efficiently.
A new study investigates how joint attention and spontaneous facial mimicry interact in relation to each other in people with autism.
Researchers report altruistic motivations and behaviors can be changed with the help of mental training.
