A meta-analysis asks whether higher- or lower-income people are more likely to be generous. Here's what they found.

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These findings challenge the belief that altruism is limited to more cognitively advanced species and open new doors to studying the neurobiology of empathy. In a new study, researchers have found ...

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The study authors therefore conclude that the BLA is not fundamentally necessary for altruism, but that it helps regulate the degree of generosity depending on the social distance between individuals.

This finding suggests the BLA calibrates altruism based on emotional connections, not promoting or inhibiting it. The basolateral amygdala (BLA) regulates prosocial behaviour, adjusting generosity ...