prosociality
Americannoun
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For example, for each standard unit increase above normal that a child displayed externalising mental health problems at age seven, their prosociality typically fell by 0.11 of a unit at age 11.
From Science Daily • Oct. 9, 2023
More generally, their understandings of oxytocin and serotonin are greatly oversimplified; for example, scientists increasingly view oxytocin not as fostering prosociality per se, but as “increasing the salience of social cues”—prosocial and antisocial alike.
From Slate • Mar. 22, 2022
The researcher, who studied prosociality and wellbeing before leaving academia to pursue commercial opportunities, also lobbed criticisms at Facebook for its addictive nature.
From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2018
“I wanted to test human prosociality in an everyday situation,” he says.
From Nature • Oct. 11, 2017
In other words, the costs and benefits of prosociality in the business world are no different than for the rest of life.
From Forbes • Sep. 16, 2013
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