Genuine Acts of Kindness Activate Brain’s Reward Network

A new U.K. study finds that acts of altruism, even those done with no hope of receiving anything in return, activate the reward network in the brain.

Researchers from the University of Sussex conducted a major analysis of 36 existing studies showing the fMRI brain scans of 1,150 people making altruistic decisions.

For the first time, they split the analysis between what happens in the brain when people act out of genuine kindness (when there’s nothing in it for them) and when they act...

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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/09/28/genuine-acts-of-kindness-activate-brains-reward-network/139056.html