Despite its great promise, neuroimaging has yet to substantially impact clinical practice and
public health. However, a developing synergy between emerging analysis techniques and …

Humans are an unusually prosocial species, who engage in social behaviors that include
altruism—whereby an individual engages in costly or risky acts to improve the welfare of …

The decision to share resources is fundamental for cohesive societies. Humans can be
motivated to give for many reasons. Some generosity incurs a definite cost, with no extrinsic …

Highlights•Empathy reflects underlying motives that facilitate or inhibit social
connection.•Empathic motives are often instantiated in brain activity.•Key insights from …

Mindfulness-and, more generally, meditation-based interventions increasingly gain
popularity, effectively promoting cognitive, affective, and social capacities. It is unclear …

Individuals employ different moral principles to guide their social decision-making, thus
expressing a specific 'moral strategy'. Which computations characterize different moral …

Highlights•Empathy for pain requires simulation via networks involved in experienced
pain.•Distinct networks support empathy for distinct phenomena like pain, pleasure, and …

Peaceful intergroup relations deteriorate when individuals engage in parochial cooperation
and parochial competition. To understand when and why intergroup relations change from …

Receiving a favor from another person may induce a negative feeling of indebtedness for
the beneficiary. In this study, we explore these hidden costs by developing and validating a …

Humans exhibit considerable variation in how they value their own interest relative to the
interests of others. Deciphering the neural codes representing potential rewards for self and …