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Nostalgia, a sentimental longing for the past, can boost donations and help drum up volunteers, according to a new study...
Research raises new questions about animal empathy
The emotions of rats and mice and the mental infrastructure behind them promise to illuminate the nature of human emotions,...
Are doing harm and allowing harm equivalent to the brain?
People typically say they are invoking an ethical principle when they judge acts that cause harm more harshly than willful...
Most people would kill one person to save five
Imagine a runaway boxcar heading toward five people who can’t escape its path. Now imagine you had the power to reroute...
Study explores distrust of atheists by believers
Distrust is the central motivating factor behind why religious people dislike atheists, according to a new study led by University...
Babies embrace punishment earlier than previously thought
Babies as young as eight months old prefer it when people who commit or condone antisocial acts are mistreated, a new study...
Reminders of God hurt motivation to succeed but help resist temptation
Being reminded of the concept of God can decrease people’s motivation to pursue personal goals but can help them resist...
Can plagiarism be weeded out?
To cheat or not to cheat? It’s a question scholars have grappled with for generations. For the majority of students,...
Drunk, powerful, and in the dark: The paradox of the disinhibited
Power can lead to great acts of altruism, but also corruptive, unethical behavior. Being intoxicated can lead to a first...
How fair sanctions are orchestrated in the brain
Civilized human cohabitation requires us to respect elementary social norms. We guarantee compliance with these norms with...
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