A single act of courage punctures the old, worn out trope that the world is defined by group conflict and self-interest ...

Harm and responsibility differentially shape guilt and shame, which in turn drive compensatory behavior to varying extents.

That is what we have experienced this week in the story of Ahmed al Ahmed, the Muslim fruit-seller who intervened, at great ...

Discover how a novel instrument developed by researchers measures altruism and parochialism, shedding light on intergroup ...

Would you like to go through this holiday season with less stress and more connection? Microgiving offers low-pressure ...

Reflecting on 20 years of studying the benefits of meditation for health and well-being, the findings may surprise you.

Ant colonies operate as tightly coordinated “superorganisms” with individual ants working together, much like the cells of a ...

While critics argue that empathy can be limiting, new research finds that empathy and reasoning work together to drive people ...

Artificial intelligence systems absorb values from their training data. The trouble is that values differ across cultures. So ...

Consider the following scenario. You're facing pressure to meet quarterly targets, but the numbers aren't quite where they ...

Ant pupae that are fatally sick don’t hide their condition; instead, they release a special scent that warns the rest of the colony. This signal prompts worker ants to open the pupae’s cocoons and ...

For years, philosophers and psychologists have debated whether empathy helps or hinders the ways people decide how to help others. Critics of empathy argue that it makes people care too narrowly – ...