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| Title |
The neurobiology of collective action
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Neuroscience, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnins.2013.00211 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Paul J. Zak, Jorge A. Barraza |
| Abstract |
This essay introduces a neurologically-informed mathematical model of collective action (CA) that reveals the role for empathy and distress in motivating costly helping behaviors. We report three direct tests of model with a key focus on the neuropeptide oxytocin as well as a variety of indirect tests. These studies, from our lab and other researchers, show support for the model. Our findings indicate that empathic concern, via the brain's release of oxytocin, is a trigger for CA. We discuss the implications from this model for our understanding why human beings engage in costly CA. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 19 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 21% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 5% |
| Japan | 1 | 5% |
| Italy | 1 | 5% |
| Portugal | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |
| Ireland | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 7 | 37% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 12 | 63% |
| Scientists | 5 | 26% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 103 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 99 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 19% |
| Researcher | 15 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 13% |
| Other | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 19 | 18% |
| Unknown | 16 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 25 | 24% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 7 | 7% |
| Neuroscience | 6 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 29 | 28% |
| Unknown | 24 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 42. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 December 2022.
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#420
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#15
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