Life and death of an “altruistic” bacterium
Biofilms, complex communities of bacteria, abound around us: on the surface of cheese where they give off flavors and aromas, ...
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Volunteers in COVID-19 human challenge trials are genuinely altruistic, not desperate for money or lacking understanding of the risks
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0275823 Credit: Marsh et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0275823 Article Title: Characterizing altruistic ...
Stress hormone reduces altruistic behavior in empathetic people
The stress hormone cortisol reduces altruistic behavior and alters activity in brain regions linked to social decision making — but ...