Altruism - Research News and Information

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Genetic hitchhiking can promote the initial spread of strong altruism.

8 Oct 2008 BACKGROUND: The evolutionary origin of strong altruism (where the altruist pays an absolute cost in terms of fitness) towards non-kin has never been satisfactorily explained since no mechanism (except genetic drift) seems to be able to overcome the ... Read more...

The origin and evolution of religious prosociality.

Oct 2008 We examine empirical evidence for religious prosociality, the hypothesis that religions facilitate costly behaviors that benefit other people. Although sociological surveys reveal an association between self-reports of religiosity and prosociality, ... Read more...

Cooperation in social dilemmas: free riding may be thwarted by second-order reward rather than by punishment.

29 Sep 2008 Cooperation among nonrelatives can be puzzling because cooperation often involves incurring costs to confer benefits on unrelated others. Punishment of noncooperators can sustain otherwise fragile cooperation, but the provision of punishment ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Altruism'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Genetic hitchhiking can promote the initial spread of strong altruism. 8 Oct 2008
• The origin and evolution of religious prosociality. Oct 2008
• Cooperation in social dilemmas: free riding may be thwarted by second-order reward rather than by punishment. 29 Sep 2008
• "How long will I suffer?" versus "How long will you suffer?" A self-other effect in affective forecasting. 29 Sep 2008
• What happened to altruism? 30 Aug 2008
• Age differences in forgiveness: the role of future time perspective. 30 Aug 2008
• BRCA mutation-negative women from hereditary breast and ovarian cancer families: a qualitative study of the BRCA-negative experience. 30 Aug 2008
• Money can buy happiness--if you give it away. 30 Aug 2008
• Eric Laroche: expert on health needs in humanitarian crises. 28 Aug 2008
• Horn of Africa faces deepening crisis. 28 Aug 2008
• Human behaviour: Share and share alike. 26 Aug 2008
• Egalitarianism in young children. 26 Aug 2008
• [The motivational value foundations in the choice of career among professional nursing students and students studying at teacher's college] 22 Aug 2008
• Population viscosity can promote the evolution of altruistic sterile helpers and eusociality. 20 Aug 2008
• Iraq's internally displaced persons: a hidden crisis. 11 Aug 2008
• Cyclone Nargis and the politics of relief and reconstruction aid in Burma (Myanmar). 11 Aug 2008
• We can do more. The U.S. needs to expand support for agricultural science targeted at developing countries. 30 Jul 2008
• A case of malignant hyperthermia in a child encountered during a humanitarian assistance mission to the Philippines. 30 Jul 2008
• Global. Humanitarian advocates lobby for funds for AIDS orphans. 30 Jul 2008
• Drug donations: what lies beneath. 30 Jul 2008

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Technical information about 'Altruism'

Definition: Consideration and concern for others, as opposed to self-love or egoism, which can be a motivating influence.

Descriptor UI: D000533

Alternative terms: Altruism; Humanitarianism;

Related Mesh Headings: Beneficence; Gift Giving;

Tree Number: F01.145.813.090;

History Note: 78

Technical Notes: no qualif