Aggression and violence represent a significant public health concern and a clinical
challenge for the mental healthcare provider. A great deal has been revealed regarding the …

The study of prosocial behavior—altruism, cooperation, trust, and the related moral emotions—
has matured enough to produce general scholarly consensus that prosociality is …

Many empirical studies have examined the various determinants of crime. However, the link
between crime and air pollution has been largely overlooked. In this paper we study whether …

Rationale: Previous research suggests that classical psychedelic compounds can induce
lasting changes in personality traits, attitudes and beliefs in both healthy subjects and …

All known human societies have maintained social order by enforcing compliance with
social norms. The biological mechanisms underlying norm compliance are, however, hardly …

In the highly social life of humans, rewards that are sought and experienced are intertwined
with social relationships and interactions between people. Just as we value nonsocial …

Social decision-making tasks involve psychological processes key to effective functioning in
a complex, social world. The Ultimatum Game (UG) is a widely studied social decision …

This article reviews research on the relationship between happiness (subjective wellbeing)
and economic behaviour. I describe how experimental and non-experimental methods have …

In the present article, we introduce the quadratic vagal activity–prosociality hypothesis, a
theoretical framework for understanding the vagus nerve's involvement in prosociality. We …

Cognitive neuroscience aims to understand the mind in physical terms. This endeavor
assumes that the mind can be understood in physical terms, and, insofar as it is successful …