Recent research on empathy in humans and other mammals seeks to dissociate emotional
and cognitive empathy. These forms, however, remain interconnected in evolution, across …

Evidence suggests that there are differences in the capacity for empathy between males and
females. However, how deep do these differences go? Stereotypically, females are …

Although psychologists have paid scant attention to the sense of obligation as a distinctly
human motivation, moral philosophers have identified two of its key features: First, it has a …

Consolation behavior toward distressed others is common in humans and great apes, yet
our ability to explore the biological mechanisms underlying this behavior is limited by its …

“Surprising and remarkable… Toggling between big ideas, technical details, and his
personal intellectual journey, Greene writes a thesis suitable to both airplane reading and …

In this thought-provoking book, the acclaimed author of Our Inner Ape examines how
empathy comes naturally to a great variety of animals, including humans. Are we our …

There is disagreement in the literature about the exact nature of the phenomenon of
empathy. There are emotional, cognitive, and conditioning views, applying in varying …

Evolutionary theory postulates that altruistic behavior evolved for the return-benefits it bears
the performer. For return-benefits to play a motivational role, however, they need to be …

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The hypothesis that intelligence is an adaptation to deal with the complexity of living in semi‐
permanent groups of conspecifics, a situation that involves the potentially tricky balance of …