a part of the brain -the cerebral cortex -brains generosity centre is more active in kinder people who in turn have greater empathy with others. in a study by oxford university -31 man aged 19-32 had to play a game learning to associate symbols with money rewards and were given chances to win for themselves or another player.those who rewarded themselves were faster at identifying the symbols that give themselves a reward so may explain why some people could be bad or less likely to help a fellow person-the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex is the specific part of the brain that is tuned into helping people.
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