{"article":{"id":199936,"heading":"Humans hard-wired to be generous","author":"repost","created":"2007-05-30 19:47:20","modified":"2007-05-30 19:47:20","last_modified":"Thu, 31 May 2007 03:47:20","article":"<p>Neuroscientists Jorge Moll and Jordan Grafman of the National Institutes of Health say experiments they conducted have led them to conclude unselfishness is not a matter of morality, The Washington Post reports. <br><br> Rather, the two say altruism is something that makes people feel good, lighting up a primitive part of the human brain that usually responds to food or sex. <br><br> Grafman and Moll have been scanning the brains of volunteers who were asked to think about a scenario involving either donating a sum of money to charity or keeping it for themselves. <br><br> They are among scientists across the United States using imaging and psychological experiments to study whether the brain has a built-in moral compass. <br><br> The results are showing many aspects of morality appear to be hard-wired in the brain, opening up a new window on what it means to be good. <\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news99581802.html","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"A study by government scientists in Washington indicates humans are hard-wired to be unselfish.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2007\/05\/199936.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}