'Altruism gene' associated with higher willingness to donate, researchers find

Monday, November 8, 2010 - 09:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Do you like to do good things for other people? If so, your genes might be responsible for this. According to a new study, a minute change in a particular gene is associated with a significantly higher willingness to donate. People with this change gave twice as much money on average to a charitable cause as did other study subjects.

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