Media Coverage & Features

Press

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

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

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

Coverage of the Nature Human Behaviour findings showing extraordinary altruists value strangers' welfare more than the general population.

University press coverage featuring quotes from Vekaria as first author on the Nature Human Behaviour paper.

Washington PostArticle

Washington Post coverage of the Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience research on extraordinary altruism.

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