Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Altruism and Maltruism

A recent study by the National Institutes of Health suggests that altruism is hard-wired into the brain, that acts of generosity stimulate the parts that usually respond to food and sex.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

What I have 2 out of the three?

Anonymous said...

Doing good makes me very hungry but then so does everything else... Sex is great but isn't that an act of alturism anyway?

care said...

I like it. I need the sex part now. When will LAssie come home?