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 Research focuses on neuro-affective mechanisms underlying altruistic and
prosocial behavior. Of particular interest are (a) the role that other-focused
motivational states play in stress regulation (b) the implications of
helping-induced stress-regulation for physical health and longevity and
(c) the contribution of other-focused motivational states and behaviors for
the darker side of human experience including depression, suicidality,
domestic violence, aggression, and PTSD. These lines of research are designed
to shed light into the mechanisms underlying a caregiving motivational system,
including its evolutionary origins and its implications for economic behavior,
ethnic and international conflict, and other political attitudes and behaviors.
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