Variations in limited resources allocation towards friends and strangers in children and adolescents from seven economically and culturally diverse societies [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Humans are unique among primates in altruism and sharing limited recourses towards non-kin. Our study revealed the differences in proportions of individuals ready to share limited resources with virtual friend compared to virtual stranger in children and
M. Butovskaya +4 more
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Altruism and Parochialism Among Children and Adolescents: Sex and Age Differences [PDF]
Экспериментальная психология, 2021 The article presents the results of an experimental study of altruism and parochialism among school- children in Moscow and the Moscow region.
V.N. Burkova +3 more
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Intranasal oxytocin interacts with testosterone reactivity to modulate parochial altruism. [PDF]
Commun PsycholAbstractThe neuropeptide hormone oxytocin and the steroid hormone testosterone have received attention as modulators of behavior in the context of intergroup conflict. However, to date, their interactive effect has yet to be tested. Here, in a double-blind placebo-control design, 204 participants (102 female participants) self-administrated oxytocin or
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Exposure to COVID-19 is associated with increased altruism, particularly at the local level [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Theory posits that situations of existential threat will enhance prosociality in general and particularly toward others perceived as belonging to the same group as the individual (parochial altruism).
Gianluca Grimalda +5 more
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Untangling altruism and parochialism in human intergroup conflict. [PDF]
iScienceMaterials, data, and analysis scripts accompanying the article "Untangling altruism and parochialism in human intergroup conflict" by Böhm, Glowacki, Rusch, and Thielmann.
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The Development of Egalitarianism, Altruism, Spite and Parochialism in Childhood and Adolescence [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 We study how the distribution of other-regarding preferences develops with age. Based on a set of allocation choices, we classify each of 717 subjects, aged 8–17 years, as either egalitarian, altruistic, or spiteful. We find a strong decrease in spitefulness with increasing age.
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Oxytocin restores context-specific hyperaltruistic preference [PDF]
eLifeRecent advances in moral decision-making research show people are hyperaltruistic by being more willing to sacrifice monetary gains to spare others from suffering than to spare themselves.
Hong Zhang, Yinmei Ni, Jian Li
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The mentalizing network orchestrates the impact of parochial altruism on social norm enforcement. [PDF]
Hum Brain Mapp, 2012 AbstractParochial altruism—a preference for altruistic behavior towards ingroup members and mistrust or hostility towards outgroup members—is a pervasive feature in human society and strongly shapes the enforcement of social norms. Since the uniqueness of human society critically depends on the enforcement of norms, the understanding of the neural ...
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Social induction and the developmental trajectory of participation in intergroup conflict by vervet monkeys [PDF]
Evolutionary Human SciencesWe assess the proposition that intergroup conflict (IGC) in non-human primates offers a useful comparison for studies of human IGC and its links to parochial altruism and prosociality.
Madison Clarke +7 more
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Physical discomfort predicts parochial altruism during Pope Francis’s funeral
Current Research in Ecological and Social PsychologyLarge-scale public rituals often impose significant physical and psychological burdens, yet are widespread across cultures. Evolutionary theories often interpret such rituals through the lens of signaling, viewing them as credible displays of commitment ...
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