Paying it forward

Paying it forward.

Contents: The classes of 1988 and 1989 provided funds to build the Duck Pond gazebo. In this lovely spot, Virginia Tech students, alumni, and visitors study, feed the birds, and take in the beauty of the pond throughout the seasons.

Paying It Forward vs. Rewarding Reputation: Mechanisms of Generalized Reciprocity

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Paying it forward: generalized reciprocity and the limits of generosity.

When people are the victims of greed or recipients of generosity, their first impulse is often to pay back that behavior in kind. What happens when people cannot reciprocate, but instead have the chance to be cruel or kind to someone entirely different--to pay it forward? In 5 experiments, participants received greedy, equal, or generous divisions of money or labor from an anonymous person and ...

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Paying It Forward: Generalized Reciprocity and the Limits of Generosity

Neurodegeneration: Paying It Off with Sleep

A new study in fruit flies suggests modulation of neural activity links sleep and Alzheimer's disease. Both sleep loss and amyloid beta increase neural excitability, which reinforces the accumulation of amyloid beta and shortens lifespan.