Among those thanked at the bottom of Dario’s essay was Nick Beckstead, who had presided over effective altruism’s first ...

From the abolition of slavery to civil rights, religion has driven America's great moral advances. As the nation celebrates ...

Aimed at integrating cutting-edge psychological science into the classroom, columns about teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science offer advice and how-to guidance about teaching a ...

As the president threatens to wipe out Iran and attacks the pope, even some former allies and advisers are questioning whether he has grown increasingly unbalanced, describing him as “lunatic” and ...

Reducing social contact is widely understood to slow disease spread, but because there is no personal health benefit gained from self-isolating, this would seem to require some concern for others. But ...

Summary: Researchers have discovered that “tuning” the communication between two specific brain regions can make people act more unselfishly. By using non-invasive transcranial alternating current ...

Every year, researchers and people out in nature capture some aspect of animal behavior that’s unusual or unexpected in some way, changing how we understand the natural world. For the first time, ...

During her graduate studies, psychologist Stephanie Brown, now an associate professor at Stony Brook University, was immersed in the topic of altruism. One of her advisors, APS Charter Member and ...

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, ...