Can a simple pair of eyes on a poster really boost your generosity—or is it all hype? See what studies show so far.

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That is the way of rational, “effective altruism,” of which Singer, as we know, is an intellectual founding father. Effective altruism is a philosophical movement aimed at maximizing good ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...