A recent study shows how altruism wells up from the most primitive parts of the brain. It counts for little,though, if our rational powers aren’t engaged tooRecently, or a team of researchers the University of California Los Angeles published data showing what goes on in the brain when people act altruistically. These researchers rated study participants as more or less “prosocial” based on how much money they gave absent in a computer game. In each of two dozen trials,participants were offered $10, shown a head shot and pseudonym for another player, and then allowed five seconds to determine “how much $ would you like to offer?” knowing they’d get to retain the rest. It was real money,and the recipients were real people.
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Source: theguardian.com