Altruism is defined as the unselfish concern for other people—doing things simply out of a desire to help, not because you ...

Guest Opinion. Altruism is helping without a benefit and sometimes at a risk to one’s self. Animals helping others of their own species makes sense to perpetuate the species or help continue their own ...

Our behavior seems to be built by evolution, and it's sometimes paradoxical. To borrow from the hard sciences, our behavior exhibits complementarity. We are largely felicitous to our family and ...

Altruistic behaviors may come at a cost, but they relieve physical pain, Dr. Yilu Wang reported in 2020. Dr. Wang's research documented that altruism affects specific regions of the brain to decrease ...

Altruism, the tendency to behave in ways that benefit others even if it comes at a cost to oneself, is a valuable human quality that can facilitate cooperation with others and promote meaningful ...

Young, infected Lasius neglectus ants will send out an altruistic "kill me" signal to worker ants, a new study finds, as part ...

Despite perceptions to the country, we as a society are becoming kinder and less selfish If you look at people's actual behavior over time, most of the evidence suggests that we’re becoming more ...

Our behavior seems to be built by evolution, and it's sometimes paradoxical. To borrow from the hard sciences, our behavior exhibits complementarity. We are largely felicitous to our family and ...