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A new study reveals that brain signals elicited by the sight of someone suffering pain differ as a function of whether we identify positively or negatively with that person and that these differential brain signals predict a later decision to help or withdraw from helping.

Seeing someone perform a virtuous deed (especially if they are helping another person), makes us feel good, often eliciting a warm, fuzzy feeling in our chest.

Some video games can make children kinder and more likely to help — not hurt — other people.

Helping others habitually may work via the same brain pathways as some addictive drugs, a new study by Jerusalem scientists suggests.