The research focused on Lasius neglectus, a species of garden ant. Unlike adult workers, which can leave the nest to die when ...

Psychological research is showing that altruism does exist, an understanding that could lead to a more empathetic world.

Feelings of guilt and shame can lead us to behave in a variety of different ways, including trying to make amends or save face, cooperating more with others or avoiding people altogether. Now, ...

Animals caught acting like humans in hilarious ways. FA9LA rapper Flipperachi says Akshaye Khanna and Dhurandhar changed his life dramatically, 'The film has done incredibly well globally' Kittur Rani ...

(A) Timeline for the whole experiment. (B) Timeline for the interpersonal game. In this example, the participant, who was one of the four deciders, made an incorrect estimation, as did one of the ...

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 ...

Chien-Chung Huang, a professor and associate dean for faculty development in the School of Social Work, recently co-authored a study evaluating how after-school activities affect altruistic behaviors ...

The band nerd or the jock? Who is most likely to come to your aid in times of need? A recently released study by Rutgers University may surprise you. Published in Sage Journals, the study looked at ...

Not revised: This Reviewed Preprint includes the authors’ original preprint (without revision), an eLife assessment, and public reviews. This work provides important new evidence of the cognitive and ...

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 ...

Abstract: We propose using a genetic algorithm to select hyperparameters in multiagent reinforcement learning (MARL) settings. In particular, we look at this in the context of cooperation and altruism ...