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The science of altruism

18 November 2014

A study led by Dr Molly Crockett (UCL Institute of Neurology) found that people were willing to sacrifice on average twice as much money to spare a stranger pain than to spare themselves, despite the decision being secret. Watch: BBC Newsnight (from 28mins), Read: Times (£), Daily Mail, Science, Wired, San Francisco Chronicle, UCL News