Media Coverage & Features
Press
Is It Wrong to Enjoy Yourself While the World Is Burning?
Research on social discounting in extraordinary altruists cited in discussion of empathy, moral circles, and prosocial behavior.
January 29, 2023Love Thy Stranger as Thyself
Companion piece in Nature Human Behaviour discussing the implications of the social discounting findings for understanding human altruism.
May 1, 2017The Psychology of Extraordinary Altruism
Feature on how Vekaria, Marsh and colleagues revealed the psychological mechanisms underlying non-directed altruistic kidney donation.
May 8, 2017Love Thy Stranger
Coverage of the Nature Human Behaviour findings showing extraordinary altruists value strangers' welfare more than the general population.
May 3, 2017People Who Donate Kidneys to Strangers Value Them as Much as Family, Friends
University press coverage featuring quotes from Vekaria as first author on the Nature Human Behaviour paper.
April 28, 2017Coverage of Georgetown Altruism Research
Washington Post coverage of the Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience research on extraordinary altruism.
2017