Autistic individuals are more prosocial towards strangers and people they barely know

While most people become less generous towards strangers, autistic adults maintain high levels of prosocial behavior regardless of social distance. New research confirms this generosity is intentional, not a byproduct of repetitive responding.

Do goats lend a helping hoof? New FBN study provides evidence of prosocial behaviour in farm animals

Does retirement make us kinder?

When people retire, they often take up activities like volunteering. But is this simply because they have more spare time on their hands or is something deeper happening? Drawing on novel research,…

Thresholds of human cooperation: constructing the developmental niche of shared intentionality - Biology & Philosophy

Shared intentionality is key for understanding human cooperation and cognition. This paper proposes a new way of looking at shared intentionality as a set of interconnected threshold traits, highlighting the role of developmental niche construction in its evolution. This perspective suggests that shared intentionality may have arisen from environmental changes and interactions influencing existing traits, rather than genetic variation for novel cognitive machinery.

Radical Anthropology Group – Anthropology asks one big question: what does it mean to be human?