Do nice guys finish last, or first? What about nice women? We continue to debate the relational value of kind, compassionate behavior. But one aspect of being “nice” that has been linked with romantic ...

Can goats help each other? A new study by the Research Institute of Farm Animal Biology (FBN) in Dummerstorf in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna suggests ...

Random acts of kindness help others—but they're good for the helpers, too 💗 Reviewed by Amy Morin, LCSW When was the last ...

A two-minute meditation rooted in shared humanity could offer law enforcement a science-backed path to connection, resilience ...

Praise and rewards can be an effective way to change kids' behavior for the better. Here's how to use them.

People’s willingness to do volunteer work or give to charity differs greatly. Besides financial and social incentives, individual differences in people’s personality can explain why some of us are ...

Citations: Berman, Jonathan, Ike Silver. 2022. Prosocial behavior and reputation: When does doing good lead to looking good?. Current Opinion in Psychology.

Children who consumed the least amounts of seafood at 7-years-old were likely to be less 'prosocial' at ages 7 and 9 years than those who regularly consumed seafood, according to a new study.

Researchers from University of Kentucky, Arizona State University, and Pennsylvania University published a new Journal of Marketing article that explores scenarios where people take on an ambassador ...

Scientists investigated how social relationship strength and oxytocin receptor expression could underlie individual differences in helping behaviors. To undertake these experiments, the researchers ...