A series of three new studies indicates that less religious people, agnostics and atheists are more likely to be generous to those in need while driven by compassion than highly religious individuals. The works call into question widespread assumptions about the link between religion and compassion.
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5 May 2012
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A combination of modern methods for regulating emotions and ancient meditation practices appears to be very effective for boosting the emotional lives, compassion and calmness levels, in teachers.
Scientists at the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) found that this approach reduces depression, anxiety... |
29 March 2012
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Investigators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say that empathy and compassion, two traits that usually bring people closer together, oftentimes fail unexpectedly between opposing groups in a conflict. Their work proposes a series of reasons why this happens.
The team was led by postdoctoral resea... |
23 January 2012
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According to a new study, there indeed appears to be an emotional difference of sorts between the rich and the poor, with the latter apparently getting more engaged in compassionate behaviors. Researchers explain this by arguing that the rich are less sensitive to the cues that usually trigger compassion.
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21 December 2011
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A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) provides additional evidence that pro-social behavior is in fact a part of human survival. The team found that moral behavior is promoted by high, complex emotions.For centuries, religions have argued that it's only through spiri... |
8 July 2011
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For the average American, freedom of choice is one of the most fundamental rights. But a group of scientists has determined that having this ability may in fact be a very bad thing for individuals and societies alike, due to the type of behavior it promotes in people. The new study, conducted by social psychologists,... |
30 March 2011
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Scientists were recently puzzled to find out that monkeys too had the ability to care for their grandchildren. The investigation, which was conducted on a group of Japanese macaques, proved that, when needed, grandmothers took their nephews in, and cared for them as their mothers would have. This is the first instanc... |
23 November 2009
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People tend to start crying from a large number of reasons, ranging from disappointments, bad news, failures and severe pain, but experts have thus far failed to understand the exact role that this behavior has for our species. Tel Aviv University (TAU) evolutionary biologist and researcher Oren Hasson now proposes t... |
29 August 2009
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Up until recently, humans have lived comfortably with the idea that we are the only species on Earth to be truly altruistic. That is to say, we, as a race, tend to help others of our kind without the other person being necessarily a member of our family, or without the expectation of reward. At times, we are so bent ... |
25 May 2009
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Psychologists have known for a long time that certain socio-economic factors such as the place of birth, the education, religion, or interactions with others can shape an individual's perceptions of the most important things in life. But the correlations between religion and torture have never been analyzed from... |
14 May 2009
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Researchers from the Brain and Creativity Institute (BCI) at the University of Southern California claim that fast interactions, which now characterize social media, are undermining a number of human higher emotions, including moral values and compassion. They say that these feelings take time to evolve, and that the... |
14 April 2009
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