Why do people sometimes give generously to a cause — and other times give nothing at all? That’s a timely question, because humanitarian groups fighting the Ebola outbreak need donations from people ...

Follow your intuition and act? When it comes to genocide, forget it. It doesn't work, says a University of Oregon psychologist. The large numbers of reported deaths represent dry statistics that fail ...

A Eugene-based researcher who for six decades has studied how and why people make the choices they do has been named the recipient of a prestigious science award. Paul Slovic, a University of Oregon ...

At least 99 children are among those slain following new government-led bombardments of eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Syria’s capital city of Damascus, where more than 460 people have died since Sunday ...

Donations to fight Ebola are lower than expected. One psychologist thinks the reason may be the impact of hopelessness. A really big problem makes... Why Your Brain Wants To Help One Child In Need — ...