Depression appears to be somewhat epidemic in the modern world. In prior empirical studies we found depression significantly associated with empathy-based guilt, empathic distress, and an overly ...

OpenAI has revealed plans to release an open-source AI model in the coming months, though it is still evaluating the appropriate scale for the release. The announcement comes alongside the launch ...

A 2016 British study published in Evolutionary Psychology examined how much a man’s level of altruism influences his attractiveness to women. In the study, led by University of Worcester ...

Accumulation of a protein called TDP-43 is a key feature of ALS and frontotemporal dementia. In a study published in Neuron, researchers report 'seeding' this accumulation through fragments of the ...

That's why the recognition of Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) in the Australian government's first national autism strategy as a profile of autism earlier this year has been welcomed by many ...

The study authors therefore conclude that the BLA is not fundamentally necessary for altruism, but that it helps regulate the degree of generosity depending on the social distance between individuals.

Pathological demand avoidance is just one aspect of a PDA profile and can occur alongside a physical, mental health, developmental, or personality condition. Demand avoidance turns pathological ...

This finding suggests the BLA calibrates altruism based on emotional connections, not promoting or inhibiting it. The basolateral amygdala (BLA) regulates prosocial behaviour, adjusting generosity ...