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Kruti Vekaria

Behavioral Scientist & Researcher

PhD · Georgetown University

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Selected Publications

Social discounting curves across six altruist populations

Social discounting curves across six altruist populations

Unselfish Traits and Social Decision-Making Patterns Characterize Six Populations of Real-World Extraordinary AltruistsNature Communications

Belief mediation model for altruistic motivation

Belief mediation model for altruistic motivation

Beliefs About Humanity, Not Higher Power, Predict Extraordinary AltruismJournal of Research in Personality

Multi-voxel pattern dissimilarity in anterior insula

Multi-voxel pattern dissimilarity in anterior insula

Reduced Multi-Voxel Pattern Similarity of Vicarious Neural Pain Responses in PsychopathyJournal of Personality Disorders

Patents

01

Systems and Methods for Vacant Property Identification and DisplayUS 12,460,939 · Toyota

2025

02

Methods and Systems for Identifying Underused Properties and Utilizing Underused Properties by Leveraging Mobile UnitsUS 12,314,993 · Toyota

2025

Press

FreakonomicsPodcast

Is It Wrong to Enjoy Yourself While the World Is Burning?

Research on social discounting in extraordinary altruists cited in discussion of empathy, moral circles, and prosocial behavior.

January 29, 2023

Nature Human BehaviourNews & Views

Love Thy Stranger as Thyself

Companion piece in Nature Human Behaviour discussing the implications of the social discounting findings for understanding human altruism.

Nature Reviews NephrologyResearch Highlight

The Psychology of Extraordinary Altruism

Feature on how Vekaria, Marsh and colleagues revealed the psychological mechanisms underlying non-directed altruistic kidney donation.