Empathy has received much attention in psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience. In this
article, I first discuss a motivated emotion regulation approach to empathy, outlining some …

Social behavior is pervasive across the animal kingdom, and elucidating how the brain
enables animals to respond to social contexts is of great interest and profound importance …

Synchronization of neural activity across brains–Interpersonal Neural Synchrony (INS)–is
emerging as a powerful marker of social interaction that predicts success of multi-person …

Global challenges such as climate change or the refugee crises emphasize the necessity of
altruism and cooperation. In a large-scale 9-month intervention study, we investigated the …

We regularly infer other people's thoughts and feelings from observing their actions, but how
this ability contributes to successful social behavior and interactions remains unknown. We …

Are some people generally more successful using cognitive regulation or does it depend on
the choice domain? Why? We combined behavioral computational modeling and …

Cooperation forms the basis of our society and becomes increasingly essential during times
of globalization. However, despite technological developments people still prefer to meet …

Across different domains, websites are incorporating social media features, rendering
themselves interactive and community-oriented. This study suggests that these “friendly” …

Financial exploitation among older adults is a significant concern with often devastating
consequences for individuals and society. Deception plays a critical role in financial …

This article discusses insights from computational models and social neuroscience into
motivations, precursors, and mechanisms of altruistic decision‐making and other‐regard …