Pfaff describes some of these cases—individual “bad actors,” gangs, and war, for example—and suggests ideas for how to use the concept of the altruistic brain to help avert them. Of course, much of ...

In The Altruistic Brain: How We Are Naturally Good (Oxford University Press, 2015; 312 pages), neuroscientist Donald W. Pfaff argues that the human brain is wired for selflessness.

However, the books may end up inadvertently providing more ammunition for the naysayers. Take The Altruistic Brain by neuroscientist Donald Pfaff. On solid scientific ground, he builds a five-step ...

The must-read brain books of 2017 included an exploration of an emotion rooted so deeply in all living species, it's arguably the most basic of emotions. The Fear Factor traces the origins of fear ...

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The brain area was more active among the altruistic group Scientists say they have found the part of the brain that predicts whether a person will be selfish or an altruist. Altruism - the tendency to ...

The research, published in Current Biology, shows that effortful altruistic behaviour, choices people make that help others, takes place in a different part of the brain from that used to make ...