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Study Reveals Stress May Make Us More Altruistic in the Face of Injustice


During a brain scan, while engaging in a bystander intervention task, participants experiencing stress displayed distinct neural activation patterns compared to those who were not stressed, and were more likely to help the victim. According to a study recently published in the journal PLOS Biolog

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