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SUBMITTER: Barragan RC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7000707 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Barragan Rodolfo Cortes RC Brooks Rechele R Meltzoff Andrew N AN
Scientific reports 20200204 1
Altruistic behavior entails giving valuable benefits to others while incurring a personal cost. A distinctively human form of altruistic behavior involves handing nutritious food to needy strangers, even when one desires the food. Engaging in altruistic food transfer, instead of keeping the food, is costly, because it reduces the caloric intake of the benefactor vis-à-vis the beneficiary. Human adults engage in this form of altruistic behavior during times of war and famine, when giving food to ...[more]