The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
And the neural circuits in the brain that are associated with aversive or defensive behaviors; things like backing up things, like covering up the vital organs of the body, things like a quaking of the voice, all of the things are associated with defensive behaviors are actually antagonized, meaning they are reduced when the pro-social circuits are more active.
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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And the neural circuits in the brain that are associated with aversive or defensive behaviors are actually antagonized, meaning they are reduced when the prosocial circuits are more active.