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Bad to the bone or just bad behavior?

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 6, 2019

How we perceive moral goodness or moral badness, as either biological and innate traits or potentially changeable, can guide whether we are willing to be lenient over other peoples' transgressions.... Read More...

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Have Being Selfish Affects Reproduction and Earnings

Neuroscience NewsOctober 17, 2018

A new study reports selfish people are more likely to have less children and earn less money than their more generous peers.... Read More...

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Neural Link Between Generosity and Happiness Discovered

Neuroscience NewsAugust 4, 2017

A new study reveals a neurobiological reason behind why we feel happy when we are being generous. Researchers discovered the connectivity between the temporal parietal junction and ventral striatum, an area of the brain associated with happiness, was enhanced in people who committed to generosity.... Read More...

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Older Adults Are Good Samaritans to Strangers

Neuroscience NewsJune 12, 2017

A new study reveals older adults tend to be more generous to strangers. This may be an avenue for emotional gratification and purposes as we age.... Read More...

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Finding the Brain’s Generosity Center

Neuroscience NewsAugust 15, 2016

A new study reveals a brain area that lights up when we do good for others is more active in empathetic people.... Read More...

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Brain Mechanisms That Predict Generosity in Children Identified

Neuroscience NewsDecember 20, 2014

A new study reveals specific neural markers which predict generosity in children, as well as a link to the moral and social evaluation process. ... Read More...

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generosity

Bad to the bone or just bad behavior?

Older Adults Are Good Samaritans to Strangers

Brain Mechanisms That Predict Generosity in Children Identified