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Trusting outgroup, but not ingroup members, requires control: neural and behavioral evidence. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Trust and cooperation often break down across group boundaries, contributing to pernicious consequences, from polarized political structures to intractable conflict.
Ambady, Nalini   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Prosocial behavior in toddlerhood and early childhood: Consistency across subtypes and over time

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
IntroductionYoung children show their capacity for compassion and their desire to enhance the welfare of others in multiple ways. The present study sought to address gaps in knowledge regarding prosociality in the early years.
Yael Paz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Differential effects of MDMA and methylphenidate on social cognition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Social cognition is important in everyday-life social interactions. The social cognitive effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, 'ecstasy') and methylphenidate (both used for neuroenhancement and as party drugs) are largely unknown.
Crockett, Molly J.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Prosocial behavior relates to the rate and timing of cortical thinning from adolescence to young adulthood

open access: yesDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2019
Prosocial behavior, or voluntary actions that intentionally benefit others, relate to desirable developmental outcomes such as peer acceptance, while lack of prosocial behavior has been associated with several neurodevelopmental disorders.
Lia Ferschmann   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gratitude mediates the effects of power on prosociality

open access: yesSocial Influence
Does gratitude mediate the relationship between power and prosociality? To answer this question, two studies were conducted to investigate the effects of social power on both reciprocal and non-reciprocal prosociality through gratitude. Study 1 (n = 193),
Wei Cai, Ying Yang
doaj   +1 more source

Preschool children fail primate prosocial game because of attentional task demands. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Various nonhuman primate species have been tested with prosocial games (i.e. derivates from dictator games) in order to better understand the evolutionary origin of proactive prosociality in humans. Results of these efforts are mixed, and it is difficult
Judith Maria Burkart, Katja Rueth
doaj   +1 more source

Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementation of Youth Empowerment Services (YES) juvenile justice diversion program: A first‐person account

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Santa Barbara County, the Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Program brought together several government and community‐based organizations, as well as a university‐based evaluation team, to provide pre‐adjudication diversion to youth ages 12 to 17.
Angela Pollard   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural evolution and prosociality: widening the hypothesis space [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Norenzayan and colleagues suggest that Big Gods can be replaced by Big Governments. We examine forms of social and self-monitoring and ritual practice that emerged in Classical China, heterarchical societies like those that emerged in pre-Columbian ...
Huebner, Bryce, Sarkissian, Hagop
core  

Swallowing and Communication in Cockayne Syndrome: Clinical Characteristics and Management

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cockayne syndrome (CS) is an ultrarare genetic disorder associated with genes encoding proteins involved in DNA repair. The clinical course of CS involves neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative features, including swallowing and communication impairments.
Abigail M. Spoden   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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