From: BBC
Why You Are Not As Selfish As You Think
July 29, 2025
Whenever I fly, one line jumps out from the pre-flight safety briefing. Somewhere between “welcome aboard” and “use this whistle for attracting attention”, we’re reminded to “put on your own oxygen mask before helping others”.
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The very structure of our brains might help dictate our predisposition towards altruism. Abigail Marsh, a neuroscientist at Georgetown University in the US, and her team have used brain scans to look for differences between people who had donated a kidney to a stranger and those who hadn’t.
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