
NeuroscienceJune 13, 2025
How a Tiny Brain Region Guides Generosity
The decision to help a friend or stranger—and the amount of help that one chooses to give—may be powerfully shaped by the brain’s basolateral amygdala
Tobias Kalenscher is a professor of comparative psychology at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany.
How a Tiny Brain Region Guides Generosity
The decision to help a friend or stranger—and the amount of help that one chooses to give—may be powerfully shaped by the brain’s basolateral amygdala