When I say I'm raising my puppy to be a service dog and will give him away, people always ask me how I could do that? The ...

The volume of a small brain region influences one's predisposition for altruistic behavior. Researchers have shown that people who behave more altruistically than others have more gray matter at ...

Altruistic behavior often comes at a personal cost, but there are also benefits. The person you help might return the favor directly—tit-for-tat.

“There must be more genes which influence altruistic behavior whose association has not been discovered yet,” he says. “Our future objective will be to identify all of those genes and how they ...

Although altruistic behaviors—such as helping distressed peers—have been well documented in animals like elephants, dogs, and even ants, the presence of such tendencies in rodents has remained ...

However, the genes only result in altruistic behavior when they are passed down from the female bee parent. “People often think about different phenotypes being the result of differences in gene ...

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 ...

Honey bees may inherit altruistic behavior from their mothers. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 10 / 231012161659.htm ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – A study of risk communication as it relates to altruistic behavior has found that portraying an event as a distant risk, despite highlighting its importance and potential progression, ...