More reasons to be nice: It's less work for everyone
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 15:30
in Psychology & Sociology
A polite act shows respect. But a new study of a common etiquette -- holding a door for someone -- suggests that courtesy may have a more practical, though unconscious, shared motivation: to reduce the work for those involved. The new research is among the first to combine two fields of study ordinarily considered unrelated: altruism and motor control.