A critical condition for cooperation to be sustained in evolutionary models is that, as in formal institutions charged with maintaining social order 4, altruistic punishment ‘fits the crime ...

The positive beliefs of good people are vital for satisfying relationships. But they can be exploited by those with bad ...

In his book The Altruistic Brain, Pfaff argues that findings from neuroscience and behavioral science point to a new model of altruism—one that sees altruism not as a response to moral authority, but ...

Altruistic helping -- the act of giving away something desirable, even at a cost to oneself -- is perhaps no more evident than when it comes to food. Human adults often respond to hungry people ...

By concentrating on the needs of others, people in altruistic vocations such as nursing and teaching may be able to push their own needs into the background, where they can more readily be ignored ...

Professor Nava Ashraf’s research on Altruistic capital (in collaboration with Professor Oriana Bandiera) aims to incorporate, within economics and in the broader societal discourse, an understanding ...

From this research, it seems clear that people tend to report preferring altruistic partners. However, preferences do not always translate into real-world mating decisions, and we wanted to know ...

This behavior is considered altruistic because it ultimately benefits the ability of the queen to produce offspring, while the worker bee remains sterile. For honey bees, the queen is typically ...

We report a chain of 10 kidney transplantations, initiated in July 2007 by a single altruistic donor (i.e., a donor without a designated recipient) and coordinated over a period of 8 months by two ...