Press
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.
Read →Love Thy Stranger as Thyself
Companion piece in Nature Human Behaviour discussing the implications of the social discounting findings for understanding human altruism.
Read →The Psychology of Extraordinary Altruism
Feature on how Vekaria, Marsh and colleagues revealed the psychological mechanisms underlying non-directed altruistic kidney donation.
Read →Love Thy Stranger
Coverage of the Nature Human Behaviour findings showing extraordinary altruists value strangers' welfare more than the general population.
Read →People Who Donate Kidneys to Strangers Value Them as Much as Family, Friends
University press coverage featuring quotes from Vekaria as first author on the Nature Human Behaviour paper.
Read →Coverage of Georgetown Altruism Research
Washington Post coverage of the Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience research on extraordinary altruism.