Improving appearance—through makeup, hairstyling, or filters—heightens public self-awareness, making people more likely to engage in prosocial behaviors like donating or ethical shopping.

Reducing leisure screen time for two weeks improved children’s mental health by decreasing emotional and peer-related difficulties while boosting positive social behaviors, highlighting the benefits of taking short breaks from screen media use.

How chimpanzees in Uganda reveal the deep evolutionary roots of medicine and care

Higher social class individuals are slightly more likely to act generously or cooperatively, according to a new meta-analysis published in Psychological Bulletin. Researchers have debated how social class...

How much of what we believe is a true reflection of the world, and how much is shaped by the tools we use to see it? This week, we're exploring three studies that reveal how our digital and social env...

Yes. In a controlled 2020 study, African grey parrots voluntarily passed metal tokens to a partner so the partner could exchange them for food, even when the helper could not get a reward. The behavior meets the definition of prosocial helping and was not seen in a comparison macaw species in the same setup (Current Biology). What is the African grey parrot helping study?

A University of Zurich study reveals that extraversion and agreeableness significantly influence volunteering and charitable donations, offering a roadmap for enhancing prosocial initiatives.

A new study suggests that mindfulness doesn’t make everyone more helpful. People who see themselves as connected to others tend to be more generous when mindful, while highly independent individuals m...

This article explores how technological immersive features enhance awe-inducing, meaningful media experiences. Two between-subjects experiments with U.S. college students examined how visual immers...

A recent study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science suggests that people’s tendency to act in cooperative and generous ways may influence their political views in the long run....