Kristen Renwick Monroe is a political scientist from University of California, Irvine, who was not involved in this work. Her own research also tries to understand why some people intervene and some do not. She says these latest findings are something psychology as a “discipline does need to be aware of.”

For the full story, please visit http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/06/26/bystanders-try-to-help-more-often-than-they-get-credit-for/.

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