Our behavior seems to be built by evolution, and it's sometimes paradoxical. To borrow from the hard sciences, our behavior exhibits complementarity. We are largely felicitous to our family and ...

I have seen congested traffic and aggressive drivers in many cities around the world. More than once I have noticed that if two cars arrive simultaneously at an intersection, one driver will honk his ...

Many of us strive to be as selfless as possible in a perfect world, doing our best to always show up with a level of humility and grace. Sometimes, though, we can get so caught up in our own little ...

Are you more selfish than you realize? Let's explore. Selfishness is the root of many other complications in a relationship. Relationships thrive on balance, mutual respect, and understanding.

A research team developed a new experimental game to explore whether people avoid witnessing selfish behavior to evade punishing others or simply to avoid confronting unfairness. The study found that ...

Ego and pride have caused the downfall of many great civilizations, organizations and leaders throughout history. While ego is necessary to motivate progress and achievement, uncontrolled ego ...

The autopilot brain makes preconscious, automatic judgments and behavior choices, predicting the future based primarily on past perceptions and experience. Most behavior is directed by implicit ...

A new study reveals that as artificial intelligence systems become more capable of complex reasoning, they also tend to act more selfishly. Researchers found that models with advanced reasoning ...