Abigail Marsh
Psychology & neuroscience professor @Georgetown. Author of THE FEAR FACTOR (UK: GOOD FOR NOTHING). Studies empathy, psychopathy, aggression & altruism.
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State Gun Laws and Pediatric Firearm-Related Mortality
BACKGROUND: Firearms are the second leading cause of pediatric death in the United States. There is significant variation in firearm legislation at the state level. Recently, 3 state laws were associated with a reduction in overall deaths from...
An Epidemic of Disbelief
What new research reveals about sexual predators, and why police fail to catch them
What's the Right Thing to Do? Increasing Pro-Sociality with Simple Moral Nudges by Valerio Capraro, Glorianna Jagfeld, Rana Klein, Mathijs Mul, Iris van de Pol :: SSRN
The conflict between pro-self and pro-social behaviour is at the core of many key problems of our time, as, for example, the reduction of air pollution and the
Urban Civility: City Dwellers Are Not Less Prososcial Than Their Rural Counterparts
Urban living is often thought to promote incivility, but the existing sociological evidence paints a mixed picture. We aimed to examine the urban incivility phenomenon from an evolutionist’s...
F1000Research Article: CAPE for measuring callous-unemotional traits in disadvantaged families: a cross-sectional validation study.
Read the latest article version by Luna C.M. Centifanti, Hannah Shaw, Katherine J. Atherton, Nicholas D. Thomson, Susanne MacLellan, Paul J. Frick, at F1000Research.
Trump Proposes Ways to Improve Care for Kidney Disease
The administration set ambitious goals to move people out of traditional dialysis and to encourage more organ transplants.
Abigail Marsh
Credit where credit is due--these new policies from @realdonaldtrump's administration will help living donors, increase donations, and save thousands of lives. Amazing. Thanks to all the advocates who made it happen. @waitlistzero @nkf #kidneycoalition
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Wild gorillas compose happy songs that they hum during meals
Humming their individual songs may be a way for gorillas to communicate dinner times and contentment with their meals
Abigail Marsh
Gorillas compose and sing happy songs when they are enjoying a meal, "a sort of gorilla version of “om nom nom.”"
Adorable.
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Scientists studying brains of altruistic kidney donors who give organs to strangers
There were more than 20,000 kidney transplants in the United States last year, with just a few hundred coming from altruistic donors
Help Amy McGrath Beat Mitch McConnell
We’re taking on Mitch McConnell in Kentucky. We need your help.
Why Did Octopuses Become Smart?
A new hypothesis suggests that they evolved their vaunted intelligence only after losing their protective shells.
Tree planting 'has mind-blowing potential' to tackle climate crisis
Research shows a trillion trees could be planted to capture huge amount of carbon dioxide
Do happy people care about society’s problems?
(2019). Do happy people care about society’s problems?. The Journal of Positive Psychology. Ahead of Print.
The Elusive Green Consumer
People say they want sustainable products, but they don’t tend to buy them. Here’s how to change that.
Flying first class on a single domestic round trip can contribute more greenhouse gas emissions than a year of driving
by Michael Sivak. This analysis examined the effect of flight distance on greenhouse gas emissions per passenger, and compared emissions from flying different distances with annual emissions from driving. Greenhouse gas emissions were examined for...
How an Alzheimer’s ‘cabal’ thwarted progress toward a cure
This stifling of competing ideas, say a growing number of scholars, is a big reason why there is no treatment for Alzheimer’s.
For the love of Earth, stop traveling
Take a deep, slow breath, and throw away that bucket list for good.