#ParochialAltruism

With Damon Dashti, Luca Lüpken, Douman Seidisarouei, Paul Forbes & Alfons Schnitzler
@hhu.de @socforneuroecon.bsky.social @pnas.org @hhu.de.web.brid.gy @decisionneurop.bsky.social #prosocial #socialneuroscience #PNAS #Neuroscience #Stress #Social #Polarization #ParochialAltruism #Cortisol #populism

Chimpanzee study sheds light on evolutionary roots of xenophobia New review investigates the premises of parochial altruism in our closest living relatives.

#ParochialAltruism explains some of it www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/chimpan...

Fear / insecurity must be the driving factor ... maybe it's that "My peers mock these people, I don't have the courage for non-conformity" ... maybe even an element of "These people are mocked, what if some of them are better people than me?" ... this has got me reading about #ParochialAltruism