Religious people aren’t more generous than atheists — but there’s a catch
As it turns out, there's more to generosity than just what you believe.
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Generosity may be contagious, new study suggests
Maybe generosity isn't as fixed as we thought it to be -- an important lesson from an indigenous tribe.
Bonobo food-sharing points to evolutionary origin of human generosity
Generosity helped our species thrive -- but we are not alone in the animal kingdom.
Scientists find brain’s generosity center
Scientists zoom in on your generosity, and it could help us understand psychopaths.
Gratitude, not ‘Gimme!’, makes you happier
Materialistic people are more likely to be depressed and unsatisfied, partly because they are not grateful enough for the things ...
If you want to be happier, spend more money on others
A new research paper written by psychologists Elizabeth Dunn and Lara Aknin, along with Michael Norton of Harvard Business School ...
The World’s happiest countries: Europe takes 8 out of first 10 places
The United Nations General Assembly has just released its second annual World Happiness Report, measuring happiness and well-being in countries ...
Generosity linked with happiness and evolutionary success
With new insights derived from Game Theory, University of Pennsylvania biologists offer a mathematically based explanation for why cooperation and ...
‘Ruthlessness gene’ discovered
Recently, it seems there's a gene for everything, from generosity to ruthlesness. That still doesn't mean that you can blame ...
