Reputation and reciprocity are key mechanisms for cooperation in human societies, often
going hand in hand to favor prosocial behavior over selfish actions. Here we review recent …

The field of prosociality is flourishing, yet researchers disagree about how to define
prosocial behavior and often neglect defining it altogether. In this review, we provide an …

Cooperation is in many ways a meaningful behavior and understanding how cooperation
can be fostered among humans is integral to solving the many global challenges we are …

There is a large and growing body of evidence on the health benefits of engagement in
leisure activities (voluntary, enjoyable non-work activities, such as hobbies, arts …

In recent decades, numerous studies have suggested a positive relationship between
prosociality and well-being. What remains less clear are (a) what the magnitude of this …

COVID-19 prevention behaviors may be seen as self-interested or prosocial. Using
American samples from MTurk and Prolific (total n= 6850), we investigated which framing is …

We investigated the differential diffusion of all of the verified true and false news stories
distributed on Twitter from 2006 to 2017. The data comprise~ 126,000 stories tweeted by~ 3 …

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

People sometimes avoid information about the impact of their actions as an excuse to be
selfish. Such “willful ignorance” reduces altruistic behavior and has detrimental effects in …

This review addresses the three basic principles of person–environment fit theory:(a) The
person and the environment together predict human behavior better than each of them does …