News tagged with moral identity

Study says media reports about uncommon acts of goodness can make good people even better

People with a strong moral identity are measurably inspired to do good after being exposed to media stories about uncommon acts of human goodness, according to research at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Emotions an overlooked key to whistle-blowing, study says

A gut-level connection with workers may be the key to encouraging whistle-blowing that could chip away at an estimated $652 billion lost to fraud annually by U.S. businesses, an ongoing University of Illinois study suggests.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Are women more generous? New study sheds light on donation behavior

Why would women give more to the victims of Hurricane Katrina than to the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research sheds light onto the way gender and moral identity affect donati ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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The price of your soul: How the brain decides whether to 'sell out'

An Emory University neuro-imaging study shows that personal values that people refuse to disavow, even when offered cash to do so, are processed differently in the brain than those values that are willingly sold.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (19) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Good intentions ease pain, add to pleasure: study

A nurse's tender loving care really does ease the pain of a medical procedure, and grandma's cookies really do taste better, if we perceive them to be made with love - suggests newly published research by a University of ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Gov't to adopt strict new limits on chimp research

(AP) -- Days in the laboratory are numbered for chimpanzees, humans' closest relative.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Some atheist scientists with children embrace religious traditions

Some atheist scientists with children embrace religious traditions for social and personal reasons, according to research from Rice University and the University at Buffalo -- The State University of New York (SUNY).

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 10

How we (should) decide: Philosopher aims to develop theories of practical rationality

Caspar Hare is interested in your choices. Not the ones you’ve already made, but the ones you will make, and how you’ll go about making them. The more important, the better.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Recognizing a cyberbully

Something is happening on playgrounds, in classrooms, in homes and in every walk of life across America. In fact, it's happening internationally.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists still struggle to identify 9/11 remains

In a laboratory in the center of Manhattan scientists continue to struggle to put names to the remains of victims from the September 11, 2001 attacks, some 40 percent of which are still unidentified.

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Single parents and gay couples face rental housing discrimination: study

A new University of British Columbia study finds single parents and male gay couples face significant discrimination in the Metro Vancouver rental housing market, compared to straight couples.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Social challenges of synthetic biology examined

In the wake of last year's creation of the first self-replicating cell with a synthetic genome – which was quickly followed by a request from President Barack Obama for a report by the Presidential Commission for the ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mood and experience: Life comes at you

(Medical Xpress) -- Living through weddings or divorces, job losses and children’s triumphs, we sometimes feel better and sometimes feel worse. But, psychologists observe, we tend to drift back to a “set point”—a ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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