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These findings challenge the belief that altruism is limited to more cognitively advanced species and open new doors to studying the neurobiology of empathy. In a new study, researchers have found ...

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The study authors therefore conclude that the BLA is not fundamentally necessary for altruism, but that it helps regulate the degree of generosity depending on the social distance between individuals.