[HTML][HTML] Does stress make us more—or less—prosocial? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of acute stress on prosocial behaviours using economic …

JP Nitschke, PAG Forbes, C Lamm - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2022 - Elsevier
Prosocial behaviour is fundamental for our social togetherness. Yet, how acute stress, a
common everyday occurrence, influences our behaviours towards one another is still …

Are older adults more prosocial than younger adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis

D Li, Y Cao, BPH Hui, DHK Shum - The Gerontologist, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives Prosociality refers to voluntary behaviors that intend to
benefit others. Most of the existing literature suggests that older adults tend to act more …

Subjective socioeconomic status and income inequality are associated with self-reported morality across 67 countries

CT Elbæk, P Mitkidis, L Aarøe, T Otterbring - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Individuals can experience a lack of economic resources compared to others, which we refer
to as subjective experiences of economic scarcity. While such experiences have been …

Social and moral psychology of COVID-19 across 69 countries

F Azevedo, T Pavlović, GG Rêgo, FC Ay, B Gjoneska… - Scientific data, 2023 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all domains of human life, including the economic
and social fabric of societies. One of the central strategies for managing public health …

What's time got to do with it? Appreciation of time influences social goals and emotional well-being.

LL Carstensen, L Chu, TJ Matteson… - Psychology and …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Socioemotional selectivity theory (SST) maintains that perceived constraints on time
horizons motivate people to optimize emotionally meaningful experiences in the present …

Caregiving in philosophy, biology & political economy

A Gopnik - Dædalus, 2023 - direct.mit.edu
Caring for the young and the old, the fragile and the ill, is central to human thriving, and has
played a fundamental role in human evolution. Yet care has been largely invisible in political …

Continuities and discontinuities in the cultural evolution of global consciousness

RJ Zhang, JH Liu, M Lee, M Lin… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Global consciousness (GC), encompassing cosmopolitan orientation, global orientations (ie
openness to multicultural experiences) and identification with all humanity, is a relatively …

Moral learning and decision-making across the lifespan

PL Lockwood, W van den Bos… - Annual Review of …, 2025 - annualreviews.org
Moral learning and decision-making are crucial throughout our lives, from infancy to old age.
Emerging evidence suggests that there are important differences in learning and decision …

Age differences in prosociality across the adult lifespan: A meta-analysis

L Pollerhoff, DF Reindel, P Kanske, SC Li… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Lifespan developmental theories and research suggest a positive effect of adult age on
prosociality. However, this effect lacks consistency, with many studies excluding the period …

[HTML][HTML] Should I help? Prosocial behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic

W Wider, MX Lim, LS Wong, CK Chan… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Movement Control Order (MCO) enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic has
profoundly altered the social life and behaviour of the Malaysian population. Because the …