Our behavior seems to be built by evolution, and it's sometimes paradoxical. To borrow from the hard sciences, our behavior exhibits complementarity. We are largely felicitous to our family and ...

Why helping others can lead to a more fulfilling life Reviewed by David Susman, PhD Altruism means helping others without expecting anything in return. Small acts of kindness, like holding doors or ...

Guest Opinion. Altruism is helping without a benefit and sometimes at a risk to one’s self. Animals helping others of their own species makes sense to perpetuate the species or help continue their own ...

Your gut microbiome could be influencing your decisions, especially when it comes to altruistic behavior and fairness. Our bodies are home to trillions of microbes, the motherload of which are found ...

A research team developed a new experimental game to explore whether people avoid witnessing selfish behavior to evade punishing others or simply to avoid confronting unfairness. The study found that ...

Taken together, all these pieces of information are consistent with the idea that there’s a relatively opaque strategic element which surrounds altruistic behavior. While it’s one people might ...

True altruism is rare behavior in animals, but a new study by Penn State researchers has found that honey bees display this trait. Additionally, they found that an evolutionary battle of genetics may ...

Altruism, the tendency to behave in ways that benefit others even if it comes at a cost to oneself, is a valuable human quality that can facilitate cooperation with others and promote meaningful ...

Imagine the warm feeling you get when helping a friend move or when you give $50 to a local community kitchen– these are both instances of prosocial behavior, actions that reveal the beautiful nature ...

Increasing awareness of patients with cancer faced with the choice of whether to participate in a phase I clinical trial. Safety and efficacy of low-dose pegfilgrastim (pegfil) in maintaining ...