A team of researchers at the University of Kansas will delve into the behavioral, cognitive and neural causes of generosity with support from a two-year, $150,000 grant from the University of Notre Dame's Science of Generosity Initiative.

Omri Gillath, assistant professor of social psychology at KU, said that generosity is little understood. Gillath will spearhead the research along with KU psychology professor Ruth Ann Atchley and KU economics professor Mohamed El-Hodiri.

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