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By Anahid Modrek | October 11, 2010A recent study suggests that our beliefs about human nature strongly influence how trusting we are.
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By David Amodio | August 31, 2010Research on the neuroscience of prejudice is revealing how the brain can overcome our fears and racial biases, reports David Amodio.
Articles: The Politics of Empathy
By Jill Suttie | June 17, 2010Recent books bring empathy out of the lab and into policy debates
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By Jeremy Adam Smith, Alex Dixon | November 1, 2009New research shows how cooperation prevails across the animal kingdom, report Alex Dixon and Jeremy Adam Smith. What can humans learn from other species?
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How Gratitude Can Help You Through Hard Times
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How to Train the Compassionate Brain
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Why We Cooperate
Nature and nurture interact to inform, and reform, cooperative behavior. Infants and apes are both able to share, but only the two-year-old will pick up that thing you dropped in front of her.
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