Reducing social contact is widely understood to slow disease spread, but because there is no personal health benefit gained from self-isolating, this would seem to require some concern for others. But ...

On the Thursday, November 13, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: In honor of World Kindness Day — we’ve partnered with the Humankind team at USA TODAY for a deeper exploration on the topic of ...

High‑frequency brain stimulation that synchronizes frontal–parietal activity led people to choose more generously, suggesting that altruism depends on rapid neural coordination.

Abigail Marsh, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Georgetown University, studies extraordinary altruism — people who jump in to rescue strangers in emergencies or donate a kidney to someone ...

A participant receiving non-invasive brain stimulation during an experiment in a laboratory setting. As parents raise their kids, they often work to teach them to be kind and to share, to think about ...

Presenting yourself online dating profiles and messages as highly altruistic may not have the effect that you think. Source: Photo by RDNE Stock project from Pexels It's good to do good. But can ...

I’m thankful the midterm election is over. I’m thankful people still believe in diversity. But most of all, I’m thankful I live in a nation that is currently experiencing an outbreak of altruism. It ...

Even people who are only barely altruistic still choose to self-isolate when infected, suggesting it may be a natural survival strategy, finds new University of Warwick led study. Reducing social ...